Harlow Old Fort House

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

Harlow Old Fort House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Harlow Old Fort House in 2009
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Location	Plymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°57′7″N 70°39′26″W
Built	ca. 1700
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Gambrel Cape
NRHP reference No.	74001762[1]
Added to NRHP	December 27, 1974

History

According to legend, Sergeant William Harlow built the house in 1677 using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill 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 date of 1700 or later.[2] The Harlow family owned the house for nearly 250 years until the Plymouth Antiquarian Society acquired the building 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. The house is still open to the public and features seventeenth-century re-enactors.

Images

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

See also

• Plymouth Village Historic District
• Sgt. William Harlow Family Homestead
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Harlow Old Fort House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

External links

• Harlow Family website
• Plymouth Antiquarian Society