Richard Sparrow House
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The Richard Sparrow House is an historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth.
The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16 acres (6.5 ha) tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built. Sparrow moved to Eastham
in 1653. The Richard Sparrow House was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1974.
The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16 acres (6.5 ha) tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built. Sparrow moved to Eastham
Eastham, Massachusetts
Eastham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 5,453 at the 2000 census....
in 1653. The Richard Sparrow House was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1974.
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