Caleb Lothrop House (original) (raw)
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Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | 14 Summer Street,Cohasset, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°14′12″N 70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695 |
| Built | 1821 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000269 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1976 |
The Caleb Lothrop House is a historic house 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]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Caleb Lothrop House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-26.