Gen. Gideon Foster House

Gen. Gideon Foster House
General Gideon Foster House
Gen. Gideon Foster House is located in Massachusetts
Gen. Gideon Foster House
Gen. Gideon Foster House is located in the United States
Gen. Gideon Foster House
Location35 Washington Street,
Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′22″N 70°55′30″W / 42.52278°N 70.92500°W / 42.52278; -70.92500
Built1810
Architectural styleFederal
Part ofWashington Street Historic District (ID85002380)
NRHP reference No.76000287[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1976
Designated CPSeptember 12, 1985

The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood-frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and included in the Washington Street Historic District in 1985. It is the current home of the Peabody Historical Society, which acquired the property in 1916.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRSI inventory record for Gen. Gideon Foster House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 18, 2014.


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