Joseph Gardner House

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Joseph Gardner House
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Joseph Gardner House
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Location1205 Gardner's Neck Road,
Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°43′7″N71°12′15″W / 41.71861°N 71.20417°W / 41.71861; -71.20417
Built1795
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Swansea MRA
NRHP reference No. 90000076 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The Joseph Gardner House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. The original five-bay block of this 1+12-story Cape style house was built c. 1795; it was expanded and converted for summer use c. 1877 during the rise of Gardner's Neck as a summer resort area. The Joseph Gardner, the builder was the grandson of Samuel Gardner, one of the early owners of the neck after its purchase from Native Americans. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Joseph Gardner House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-26.