The Tom Thumb House is a historic house in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The 21⁄2 story wood-frame house was built in the 1870s as a summer home for the dwarf entertainer Charles Stratton, best known by his stage name, General Tom Thumb. It has Second Empire architecture, including a mansard roof, paired brackets in the cornice, and paired columns supporting the porch. The interior was built to meet the needs of the 3-foot-4-inch (102 cm) Stratton and his wife Lavinia, who was also a proportionate dwarf (midget,) however, few of its miniaturized features have survived.[2]
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| Location | 351 Plymouth Street, Middleborough, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°55′16″N 70°55′8″W / 41.92111°N 70.91889°W |
| Architectural style | Second Empire, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000298[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1993 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
See also
edit- National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Middleborough Historical Museum, which exhibits an extensive collection of Tom Thumb's clothing and personal items from the house
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Tom Thumb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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