Isaac Hall House

Last updated
Isaac Hall House
Isaac Hall House (Medford, Massachusetts).jpg
USA Massachusetts location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location43 High Street,
Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′7″N71°6′41″W / 42.41861°N 71.11139°W / 42.41861; -71.11139
Built1720
ArchitectHall, Andrew
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 75000275 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1975
Paul Revere parked here Paul Revere parked here.jpg
Paul Revere parked here

The Isaac Hall House is a historic house located at 43 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts.

Contents

Description and history

Built c. 1720 by Andrew Hall, it is the oldest surviving house in Medford Square. The three-story wood-frame house was extensively remodeled in the Federal style in c. 1780 by Hall's son Isaac. The house also has a prominent history in the American Revolutionary War: Isaac Hall was the captain of the Medford minute company, and his house is one of the places Paul Revere stopped on the night of April 18–19, 1775 before the Battles of Lexington and Concord. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1975. [1] It now houses a funeral home, but is being changed to a mosque in 2019. [3]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medford, Massachusetts</span> City in Massachusetts, United States

Medford is a city 6.7 miles (10.8 km) northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus on both sides of the Medford and Somerville border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royall House and Slave Quarters</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Isaac Royall House and Slave Quarters is a historic house located in Medford, Massachusetts, near Tufts University. The historic estate was founded by Bay Colony native Isaac Royall and is recognized as giving a face and life to the history and existence of slave quarters and slavery in Massachusetts. It is a National Historic Landmark, operated as a non-profit museum, and open for public visits between June 1 and the last weekend in October.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grandfather's House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Grandfather's House, also known as the Paul Curtis House, is a historic house in Medford, Massachusetts. It is claimed to be the original house named in the American poem "Over the River and through the Wood" by Lydia Maria Child.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts</span>

The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In the state of Massachusetts, there are over 4,300 listings, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York. Listings appear in all 14 Massachusetts counties.

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arlington, Massachusetts.
     This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Medford, Massachusetts</span>

This is a list of places and properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Medford, Massachusetts.
     This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Avenue Congregational Church</span> Historic church in Cambridge, Massachusetts

North Avenue Congregational Church is a historic church meetinghouse at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was completely renovated in 2015 to become a library for Lesley University. The former church now forms part of what is now the Lunder Arts Center complex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albree-Hall-Lawrence House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Albree-Hall-Lawrence House is a historic house located at 353 Lawrence Road in Medford, Massachusetts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford and the Osgood House</span> Historic church in Massachusetts, United States

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford and The Osgood House are a historic Unitarian Universalist church building and parsonage house at 141 and 147 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Parish Unitarian Church</span> Historic church in Massachusetts, United States

The First Parish Unitarian Church, now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Medfield, is a historic church on North Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. The white clapboarded church was built in 1789, as the third for a congregation established c. 1652. In 1839 it was rotated on its site ninety degrees. It lost its steeple in the New England Hurricane of 1938. The steeple was replaced in 1988, and the building's many layers of paint were stripped off in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Brooks House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Charles Brooks House is a historic house at 309 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame house with brick side walls, each of which has two chimneys built into it. The house is estimated to have been built around 1765, early in the Federal period. It has exterior details that are now rare in Medford, including corner quoining and cornice detailing. The house is most notable, however, for its association with Rev. Charles Brooks, a prominent figure in local history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George P. Fernald House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The George P. Fernald House is a historic house at 12 Rock Hill Street in Medford, Massachusetts. The Colonial Revival mansion was built c. 1895 for George P. Fernald, an architect and leading exponent of the Colonial Revival style. The house was probably designed by Fernald, possibly with the assistance of his brother Albert, who was also an architect. The house has a two-story Ionic pedimented portico that shelters an elaborate Federal-style entry, supposedly influenced by Fernald's work making drawings of the Count Rumford Birthplace in Woburn, Massachusetts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathan Fletcher House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Jonathan Fletcher House is a historic house in Medford, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1835; its builder clearly drew inspiration from designs published by Asher Benjamin, and is an excellent example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District</span> Historic district in Massachusetts, United States

The Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Pond St., Woodland Rd., I-93, and MA 28 in Stoneham and Medford, Massachusetts. It encompasses a portion of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The principal features of the district are three reservoirs and their associated gate houses and pumping stations, which were developed by the Metropolitan District Commission starting in the late 19th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Oakes House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Edward Oakes House is a historic house at 5 Sylvia Road in Medford, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story timber-frame house, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof, wood shingle siding, and a brick foundation. A rear leanto section gives the house a saltbox appearance. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. It was built c. 1728, probably by Edward Oakes. It is one of the oldest surviving wood-frame houses in Medford, and is unusual for the period due to its gambrel roof.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Pinkham House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Richard Pinkham House is a historic house at 24 Brooks Park in Medford, Massachusetts. The unusually shaped Italianate wood-frame house was built c. 1850 by Richard Pinkham, a housewright who then lived in the property. The house is unique in Medford in the presence of a 2+12-story octagon section, which rises above the rest of the roughly cruciform house. It was built on a portion of the route of the Middlesex Canal, portions of which were at that time being sold off by its owners.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Wade House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The John Wade House is a historic house located in Medford, Massachusetts. It is locally significant as one of only two surviving early Cape style houses in the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathan Wade House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The Jonathan Wade House is a historic First Period house at 13 Bradlee Road in Medford, Massachusetts. It is one of a handful of houses in the city with brickwork from the 17th century. A brick house is known to have been standing on this site in 1689, when Jonathan Wade, Jr., died. The house was given Georgian styling in the mid-18th century, and was owned for many years in the 19th century by Samuel C. Lawrence, Medford's first mayor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T.U. Lyon House</span> Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

The T.U. Lyon House is a historic house at 9 Warren Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The modest 1+12-story Greek Revival house was built c. 1850 for T.U. Lyon, a shoe cutter. At the time of its construction Warren Street had been supplanted as the major north–south road through Stoneham by the Medford-Andover Turnpike. Most of its distinctive Greek Revival features, including corner pilasters and a larger-than-typical frieze, have been lost due to recent residing of the exterior.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Isaac Hall House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. Newman, Alex. "Medford Is Getting Its First Mosque", Patch.com , December 7, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2020.