Woodworth House

The Woodworth House, also known as the Old Oaken Bucket Homestead, is a historic house at 47 Old Oaken Bucket Road in Scituate, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this house was built c. 1675, and is now an ell on the main house, a Cape style structure built in 1826. The house is most notable for its association with Samuel Woodworth, who in 1817 wrote the poem "The Old Oaken Bucket" about an old well on this property.[2]

The well and bucket

Woodworth House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Oaken Bucket House in 1904
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Location	47 Old Oaken Bucket Rd., Scituate, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°10′39″N 70°45′23″W
Area	15.7 acres (6.4 ha)
Built	1823 (1823)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Gothic, Federal
NRHP reference No.	96000317[1]
Added to NRHP	April 9, 1996

The football trophy the Old Oaken Bucket, which is contested for annually by Indiana University and Purdue University, was inspired by the poem and the song crafted from the poem.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Woodworth House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-11.