Smuggler's House
Smuggler's House | |
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Location within Massachusetts Location within the United States | |
| Location | 361 Pearse Road, Swansea, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′5″N 71°13′26″W / 41.73472°N 71.22389°W |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Swansea MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000065 |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 1990 |
Smuggler's House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. It is a 1+1⁄2-story Cape style farmhouse, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, a chimney that is slightly off-center, and a pair of gabled dormers. Its main entry is flanked by pilasters and topped by a five-light transom window. The house was built c. 1800, and is substantially unaltered. It was supposedly used as a place to store smuggled goods during the War of 1812.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
See also
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Smuggler's House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
