Israel Whitney House
The Israel Whitney House is a historic house at 963 Central Avenue in Needham, Massachusetts. It is a two-and-a-half story wood frame house, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. Its front facade is symmetrical, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and a corniced entablature on top. The house was built in 1830 by Israel Whitney, who had married Mary Fuller, a descendant of one of Needham's early settlers. Whitney had purchased the land on which the house was built in 1829. Whitney was a shoemaker and active in local politics, holding a variety of offices.[2]
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Location | Needham, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°17′16″N 71°15′8″W |
Built | 1830 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 88000160 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 1988 |
In the 1940s, the house was sold to Elizabeth D. Revere, the wife of a distant relative of Paul Revere.[3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "MACRIS inventory record for Israel Whitney House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- "The History of Needham". www2.needham.k12.ma.us. Retrieved 2020-06-22.