Dr. John Calef House

The Dr. John Calef House is a historic house at 7 Poplar Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is a well-preserved example of a First Period house with high-quality Georgian modifications. The core of the house was built c. 1671 by Deacon Thomas Knowlton, who purchased the land on which it originally stood on South Main Street in that year. It was subsequently altered in the middle of the 18th century, acquiring its present Georgian styling. In the 1770s the house was owned by noted Loyalist John Calef. It was acquired in 1777 by John Heard, who moved the house to its present location in order to build a more elaborate Federalist house on the site.[2]

Dr. John Calef House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Ipswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°40′33″N 70°50′5″W
Built	1671
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	Central Village, Ipswich, Massachusetts MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000447 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 17, 1980

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ipswich, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Dr. John Calef House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-01.