National Register of Historic Places

Lear House

Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Listed
June 20, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85001317

About this property

The Lear House is a historic house on Province Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1810, it is one of the oldest of a cluster of plank-frame houses in the rural community. Its first owner, Robert Lear, was one of Goshen's first colonial settlers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Lear House is located in a remote rural setting in northern Goshen, on the north side of Province Road, about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east of its junction with Messer Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wooden structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. Its main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically on either side of the main entrance; all of these features are simply framed. The walls are formed out of wooden planks three inches thick, which are placed vertically and stabilized laterally with wooden dowels. A shed-roof dormer extends across most of the front roof face. The house was built about 1810, and is one of the oldest plank-framed houses in the community. Goshen is home to a regionally distinctive collection of these types of houses. The likely builder and first owner was Robert Lear, one of Goshen's first white settlers. Lear was from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and may have been related to Tobias Lear, the private secretary of George Washington. National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Location

Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
43.33034, -72.10388

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When was Lear House listed on the National Register?

Lear House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Lear House?

Lear House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lear House?

The period of significance for Lear House is recorded as the industrial era.

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