The Hyde House is a historic house at 144 West Park Street in
Lee, Massachusetts
Lee is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, metropolitan statistical area. The population was 5,788 at the 2020 census. Lee, which includes the villages of South and East Lee, is p ...
. built in 1792 for the town's first minister and subsequently altered significantly, it is important for its historical association with education in the town, hosting a boarding school in the 19th century. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1976.
[
]
Description and history
The Hyde House is located west of Lee's main village, on the north side West Park Street, just east of its junction with St. James Avenue. It is set well back from the street, with a front yard of grass dotted with mature trees. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The front roof face is pierced by two gabled dormers. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by fluted pilasters and topped by a gabled pediment. The interior basically follows a center hall plan, but its original center staircase has been removed. Despite that and other alterations, the interior retains six working original fireplaces, and wide pine flooring.Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
, and Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, image_map =
, map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name ...
; among its notable students was James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...
, father of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
. At this time an academic wing was added to the back of the house, with a schoolroom on the lower floor and student bedrooms above.
See also
*
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1792
Lee, Massachusetts