Redman Farm House

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Redman Farm House
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Location2173 Washington Street,
Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°11′31″N71°6′39″W / 42.19194°N 71.11083°W / 42.19194; -71.11083
Built1795
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Blue Hills and Neponset River Reservations MRA
NRHP reference No. 80000664 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1980

The Redman Farm House is a historic house in Canton, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, end chimneys, and clapboard siding. The house was built in 1795, and is one Canton's few surviving 18th-century houses. It stands on land that was deeded to Robert Redman in 1722 by the local Native Americans. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, where it is incorrectly listed as being at the corner of Washington St. and Homans Lane. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Redman Farm House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  3. The Massachusetts Cultural Resource Database entry (link) shows the correct address, although the nomination papers contain the incorrect description. The photo in the nomination papers matches the house at 2173 Washington St., and not that at the listed location.