Tom Thumb House (Middleborough, Massachusetts)

Tom Thumb House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	351 Plymouth Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°55′16″N70°55′8″W / 41.92111°N 70.91889°W / 41.92111; -70.91889
Architectural style	Second Empire, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	93000298 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1993

The Tom Thumb House is a historic house in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The 21⁄2 story wood-frame house was built in the 1870s as a summer home for the dwarf entertainer Charles Stratton, best known by his stage name, General Tom Thumb. It has Second Empire architecture, including a mansard roof, paired brackets in the cornice, and paired columns supporting the porch. The interior was built to meet the needs of the 3-foot-4-inch (102 cm) Stratton and his wife Lavinia, who was also a proportionate dwarf (midget,) however, few of its miniaturized features have survived. ^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Middleborough Historical Museum, which exhibits an extensive collection of Tom Thumb's clothing and personal items from the house

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Tom Thumb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 28, 2014.