Caleb Lothrop House

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Caleb Lothrop House
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Location14 Summer Street,
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′12″N70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695
Built1821
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference No. 76000269 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1976

The Caleb Lothrop House is a historic house in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The two-story hip-roof wood-frame house was built in 1821, and is the only brick-ended houses in the town. The house is a well-preserved example of Federal styling, featuring a center entry that is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters. The house served for a time as the headquarters of the Cohasset Historical Society. Calep Lothrop, its builder, was the grandson of a Revolutionary War militia leader, and was descended from one of the area's first settlers. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Caleb Lothrop House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 26, 2014.