Caleb Lothrop House

Caleb Lothrop House
Location Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′12″N 70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695Coordinates: 42°14′12″N 70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695
Built 1823
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 76000269 [1]
Added to NRHP May 3, 1976

The Caleb Lothrop House is a historic house at 14 Summer Street in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The two-story hip-roof wood-frame house was built in 1821, and is the only brick-ended houses in the town. The house is a well-preserved example of Federal styling, featuring a center entry that is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters. The house served for a time as the headquarters of the Cohasset Historical Society. Calep Lothrop, its builder, was the grandson of a Revolutionary War militia leader, and was descended from one of the area's first settlers.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Caleb Lothrop House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-26.


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