May 2018 | Archipedia New England

Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall (Abraham Lincoln Post #11, G.A.R.) was initially constructed in 1791 as a residence for Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), an attorney and Congressman. The house’s high-style Federal period details and its large scale reflect ...

Sarah Clayes House

The Sarah Clayes House is an exceptionally fine example of a center-chimney, timber-frame house, the region’s most distinctive and widespread building type until the mid-nineteenth century. Although long believed ...

SILAS PADDACK HOUSE

The Silas Paddack House is a one and one-half storey timber frame cottage built ca. 1767 for Silas Paddack, mariner, on land inherited from his wife's family. Mariner Silas Paddack, who was the first owner of this house, was the great-nephew of ...

The Brick Market

The Brick Market was built in 1760-62 on land granted to the Town of Newport by the Proprietors of Long Wharf upon the condition that it be used “for erecting a Market House.”

Derby House

The Derby House was constructed in 1761-62 by Captain Richard Derby (1712-1783), a wealthy Salem merchant, for his son, Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799), reputedly at the time of the younger Derby’s marriage. The house was built in close proximity to Richard ...

Johnathan and Simon Hosmer House

The Hosmer House was built in two stages for two generations of the Hosmer family, namely, Jonathan Hosmer Jr. (1735-1822) and his son, Simon Hosmer (1774-1840). Extension of an existing central chimney house to create a separate, but ...

Faneuil Hall

In addition to its significant social and political history, Faneuil Hall has a complex architectural history. The building was constructed as a market hall in 1741-42. Based upon information contained in an 1806 report from Charles ...

Matthew Perkins House

Constructed between 1701 and 1709, the Matthew Perkins House is a rare example of a substantial First Period house that has not undergone restoration. The building retains a high proportion of its original building materials (1701-09) as well as ...

Usher-Royall House

The Usher-Royall House served as a country seat and center of a large agricultural property from 1631 when Governor John Winthrop ...

Spencer-Peirce-Little House

The Spencer-Peirce-Little House is set back off the High Road in the center of a large farm which retains the majority of its original 400 acres granted to John Spencer in the early settlement of Newbury in 1635.