Smuggler's House

Smuggler's House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	361 Pearse Road, Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°44′5″N71°13′26″W / 41.73472°N 71.22389°W / 41.73472; -71.22389
Built	1800
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Swansea MRA
NRHP reference No.	90000065 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1990

Smuggler's House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. It is a 1+1⁄2-story Cape style farmhouse, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, a chimney that is slightly off-center, and a pair of gabled dormers. Its main entry is flanked by pilasters and topped by a five-light transom window. The house was built c. 1800, and is substantially unaltered. It was supposedly used as a place to store smuggled goods during the War of 1812. ^[2]

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "NRHP nomination for Smuggler's House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 27, 2014.