National Register of Historic Places

James, Capt. Benjamin, House

Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Listed
November 29, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83004095

About this property

The Capt. Benjamin James House is a historic First Period house, now a museum, at 301 Driftway in Scituate, Massachusetts. The oldest part of this 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1700 by Captain Benjamin James. During the 18th century it was enlarged to its present five-bay saltbox configuration. After James' death in 1788, the house was used by the town as a "pest house", isolating smallpox victims there. The house is now home of the Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum, owned and maintained by the Scituate Historical Society. There are exhibits of the mossing industry, ship building on the North River, shipwrecks, life saving. It is open Sunday afternoons, 1–4 p.m. Sept through June. Sat and Sun, July and August. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Location

301 Driftway
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
42.17714, -70.74253

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When was James, Capt. Benjamin, House listed on the National Register?

James, Capt. Benjamin, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1983.

What type of historic resource is James, Capt. Benjamin, House?

James, Capt. Benjamin, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for James, Capt. Benjamin, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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