Whittemore House (Gloucester, Massachusetts)

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Whittemore House
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Location179 Washington Street,
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°37′7″N70°40′28″W / 42.61861°N 70.67444°W / 42.61861; -70.67444
Built1700
Architectural styleColonial
MPS First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No. 90000218 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The Whittemore House is a First Period house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, built around 1700, based on an analysis of its framing and construction methods. It is a two-story wood-frame building with a two-story shed-style addition on the rear, and a single story addition on the right side. When first built, it consisted of two rooms with a chimney on the right; two more rooms were added in the First Period to the right of the chimney, nearly centering it in the house. The original chimney has since been removed. [2]

The house is also notable for its occupation by artist Fitz Hugh Lane, who used the left side room as his studio. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Whittemore House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-23.