Browne House

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Abraham Browne House
Abraham Browne House Watertown Massachusetts.jpg
The Abraham Browne House, Watertown, Massachusetts
Location562 Main St.
Watertown, Massachusetts
MPS First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No. 90000186
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The Abraham Browne House (built c.1694–1701) is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, US. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public.

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The house was originally a modest one-over-one dwelling. The house features steep roofing and casement windows. During restoration works in 1919, details of 17th century finish were found. The ground floor consists of one large room that is used for living, cooking, and sleeping. [1]

By 1919 the house was nearly ruined when it was acquired by William Sumner Appleton, who in 1923 donated it to Historic New England. The house has grown by a series of enlargements but they occurred behind the original block, thus preserving the profile of the one-over-one elevation. The exception, a 19th-century addition, was removed before 1919. The Browne House is one of fewer than a half-dozen houses in New England to retain this profile.[ citation needed ]

The Abraham Browne house was featured on PBS's This Old House television program.

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  1. "Browne House | Historic New England". www.historicnewengland.org. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

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