Samuel Dexter House
The Samuel Dexter House is a historic house at 699 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts.[3] It was built ca 1762 by Samuel Dexter, a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.[4][5] Dexter purchased the property on which the house stands on March 18, 1761.[5] He moved to Woodstock, Connecticut c. 1775.[5]
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| Location | 699 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42.25015°N 71.17792°W |
| Built | 1761 |
| Architect | Samuel Dexter J. Harleston Parker |
| Architectural style | Federal, Georgian, Colonial Revival |
| Part of | Dedham Village Historic District (ID06000785[1][2]) |
| Added to NRHP | September 6, 2006 |
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The house served as the headquarters of General George Washington for a night following the evacuation of Boston.[6][7][8][9] Washington paid the Dexters £9.18.7 for use of the home on April 4 to 5, 1776.[7]
The house was the childhood home of the Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter.[10]
The building was remodeled in 1901 following the design of J. Harleston Parker, using Colonial revival elements.[11][10]
Samuel Dexter House is a contributing property to the Dedham Village Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 2006.[3]
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "National Register of Historical Places - Massachusetts (MA), Norfolk County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
- "MACRIS Details". mhc-macris.net.
- Project, Federal Writers' (October 31, 2013). "The WPA Guide to Massachusetts: The Bay State". Trinity University Press – via Google Books.
- "The Dexter House". Dedham Historical Register. Dedham Historical Society. 5: 150–158. 1894. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- Parr, James L. (2009), Historic and Heroic Tales from Shiretown, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9781625842770
- Expenses paid on the Road ... April 1776. from the George Washington Papers.
- Robert Hanson (1999). "Stories Behind the Pictures in the Images of America: Dedham Book". Dedham Historical Society News-Letter (December). Archived from the original on December 31, 2006.
- Guide Book To New England Travel. 1919.
- "Historic Dedham Village" (PDF). Dedham Historical Society. 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
Built by merchant Samuel Dexter in 1761, this house held the books of the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds during the 1776 siege of Boston. George Washington slept here on April 4, 1776, on his way to New York after the British were driven from Boston. Originally a hipped roof, two-story Georgian, the Dexter house was changed in 1901 with the addition of a third story and balustrade. Dexter’s son (also Samuel) was a U.S. Senator, Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury under President John Adams.
- "Join Us For the Spring Soirée on May 20th at the Historic Samuel Dexter House", Dedham Historical Society News-Letter. May 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2019.