Harlow Old Fort House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
Harlow Old Fort House
Harlow Old Fort House in 2009
41°57′7″N 70°39′26″W / 41.95194°N 70.65722°W / 41.95194; -70.65722
Builtc. 1700
Architectural styleGambrel Cape
NRHP reference No.74001762[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1974

The Harlow Old Fort House is a First Period historic house at 119 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

History

According to legend, Sergeant William Harlow built the house in 1677 using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill, which they had built in 1621–1622.[2] Harlow received permission to use the timbers after the fort was torn down at the end of King Philip's War in 1677. The house was surveyed by an architectural historian in 1996, who determined a construction date of 1700 or later.[2] The Harlow family owned the house for nearly 250 years until the Plymouth Antiquarian Society acquired it and hired Joseph Everett Chandler to restore the house.[2] The Antiquarian Society opened it to the public in 1921. In 1974, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is still open to the public and features seventeenth-century re-enactors.

Images

  • Burial Hill Fort, where some of the home's timbers may have come from
    Burial Hill Fort, where some of the home's timbers may have come from
  • Fort recreation at Plimoth Plantation
    Fort recreation at Plimoth Plantation
  • Harlow House
    Harlow House

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "MACRIS inventory record for Harlow Old Fort House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-24.[permanent dead link]

External links

  • Harlow Family website
  • Plymouth Antiquarian Society Archived 2017-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
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