National Register of Historic Places

Harlow Old Fort House

Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Listed
December 27, 1974
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
74001762

About this property

The Harlow Old Fort House is a First Period historic house at 119 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. According to legend, Sergeant William Harlow built the house in 1677 using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill, which they had built in 1621–1622. Harlow received permission to use the timbers after the fort was torn down at the end of King Philip's War in 1677. The house was surveyed by an architectural historian in 1996, who determined a construction date of 1700 or later. The Harlow family owned the house for nearly 250 years until the Plymouth Antiquarian Society acquired it and hired Joseph Everett Chandler to restore the house. The Antiquarian Society opened it to the public in 1921. In 1974, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is still open to the public and features seventeenth-century re-enactors. National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Plymouth Antiquarian Society Archived 2017-10-14 at the Wayback Machine

Location

119 Sandwich St.
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
41.95200, -70.65675

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Harlow Old Fort House listed on the National Register?

Harlow Old Fort House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Harlow Old Fort House?

Harlow Old Fort House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Harlow Old Fort House is recorded as the early_republic era.

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