Jabez Howland House
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Jabez Howland House is an historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The house was built in 1667 and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower
passengers John Howland
and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims. John and Elizabeth Howland lived in Jabez Howland's home after their own house burned. John Howland died in 1674 and Elizabeth lived there until the house was sold in 1680 and Jabez Howland moved to Rhode Island. Elizabeth moved to the home of her daughter, Lydia Browne, in Swansea, where she died in 1687. The Jabez Howland House was owned as a private residence until 1915. Extensive renovations took place in the 1940s. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The Pilgrim John Howland
Society owns and operates the house as a historic house museum that has been restored and decorated with 17th century period furnishings. The house is open for tours from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.
The house was built in 1667 and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...
passengers John Howland
John Howland
John Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower. He was an indentured servant who accompanied the separatists, also called the Pilgrims, when they left England to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts...
and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims. John and Elizabeth Howland lived in Jabez Howland's home after their own house burned. John Howland died in 1674 and Elizabeth lived there until the house was sold in 1680 and Jabez Howland moved to Rhode Island. Elizabeth moved to the home of her daughter, Lydia Browne, in Swansea, where she died in 1687. The Jabez Howland House was owned as a private residence until 1915. Extensive renovations took place in the 1940s. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The Pilgrim John Howland
John Howland
John Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower. He was an indentured servant who accompanied the separatists, also called the Pilgrims, when they left England to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts...
Society owns and operates the house as a historic house museum that has been restored and decorated with 17th century period furnishings. The house is open for tours from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.
External links
- Jabez Howland House - Pilgrim John Howland Society
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts