The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood-frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot.[2]
Gen. Gideon Foster House | |
 General Gideon Foster House | |
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| Location | 35 Washington Street, Peabody, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′22″N 70°55′30″W / 42.52278°N 70.92500°W |
| Built | 1810 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| Part of | Washington Street Historic District (ID85002380) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000287[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 23, 1976 |
| Designated CP | September 12, 1985 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and included in the Washington Street Historic District in 1985. It is the current home of the Peabody Historical Society, which acquired the property in 1916.[2]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRSI inventory record for Gen. Gideon Foster House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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