Hillside (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
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Location | 230 Summer Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°56′54″N 70°40′48″W / 41.94833°N 70.68000°WCoordinates: 41°56′54″N 70°40′48″W / 41.94833°N 70.68000°W |
Built | 1845 |
Architect | Samuel Longfellow |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 75001626[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1975 |
Hillside is a historic house located at 230 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Description and history[]
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1845, and was designed in the Gothic Revival style. It was the site at which Benjamin Watson established one of the nation's first garden nurseries, the "Old Colony Gardens". Also Ralph Waldo Emerson stayed the night here before marrying Plymouth native Lydia Jackson.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Hillside". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
Categories:
- Houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Houses completed in 1845
- Gothic Revival architecture in Massachusetts