Deacon John Symmes House

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Deacon John Symmes House
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Location212 Main Street,
Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°26′29″N71°8′11″W / 42.44139°N 71.13639°W / 42.44139; -71.13639
Arealess than one acre
Built1807
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000606 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Deacon John Symmes House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built about 1807, it is a fine local example of Federal period architecture, and is also significant for its association with the Symmes family, who were among Winchester's earliest settlers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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Description and history

The Deacon Symmes House is located at the southern junction of Grove and Main Streets, at a five-way interchange involving those two streets, Bacon Street, and Everell Road. This area is known as Symmes Corner for its association with that family, which began settling the area about 1650. This house is a two-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a hip roof, twin rear wall chimneys, and clapboard siding. The entrance is centered and flanked by sidelight windows, with a sheltering shallow hip-roof portico. [2]

Rev. Zechariah Symmes, pastor of the Charlestown church, was granted land in this area that was settled by his sons about 1650. One son Deacon John Symmes, a blacksmith, built this house about 1807, making it the oldest surviving house of the Symmes family. The house was originally fitted with a balustrade around the roof, which was removed at an unknown date; the front portico is also a later addition. Also standing nearby are the Marshall Symmes House, built c. 1817 by John Symmes' brother, and the Marshall Symmes Tenant House. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Deacon John Symmes House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-17.