The Dole–Little House is a
historic house at 289 High Road,
Newbury, Massachusetts. It is now a non-profit museum operated by
Historic New England and open to the public, for a fee, at rare intervals. Private tours can also be arranged.
The original house was built around 1715 with materials salvaged from an earlier structure (perhaps c. 1670) for Richard Dole, a cattleman. It was built a two-room, central-chimney construction with a small kitchen shed at the rear. This shed has since been replaced with a larger lean-to.
In 1954 the house was acquired by Florence Evans Bushee and restored to reflect its original period. During restoration, the lean-to was removed and reconstructed with new timbers, and a small-paned sash from the front of the house was moved to the lean-to. The paneling from one chamber was installed as an exhibition room at the
National Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is t ...
in
Washington, D.C.; a copy replaces it in the original chamber. Historic New England received the title to the house after Mrs. Bushee's death in 1975.
External links
Historic New England: Dole–Little House
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Houses completed in 1715
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Museums in Essex County, Massachusetts
Houses in Newbury, Massachusetts
1715 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay