The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The oldest portion of this two-story wood-frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell (son of Pilgrim Experience Mitchell) in 1667, and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of ''
Mayflower
''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, r ...
'' passengers
John Howland
John Howland (February 23, 1673) accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. He was an indentured servant and in later years an executive assistant and personal secretary ...
and
Elizabeth Tilley
Elizabeth Tilley (December 21, 1689) was one of the passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the ''Mayflower'' and a participant in the first Thanksgiving in the New World. She was the daughter of Mayflower passenger John Tilley and his wife J ...
Howland, two of the original
Pilgrims. The Jabez Howland House was owned as a private residence until 1915. Extensive restoration of the property took place in the 1940s to return it to its 17th-century appearance.
The house was added to 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 ...
in 1974.
The Pilgrim
John Howland
John Howland (February 23, 1673) accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. He was an indentured servant and in later years an executive assistant and personal secretary ...
Society owns and operates the house as a
historic house museum
A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a ...
that has been restored and decorated with 17th-century period furnishings. The house is open for tours from mid-June through the end of October.
File:Jabez Howland House in Plymouth MA.jpg, Howland House on Thanksgiving 2009
File:John Howland House.jpg, ca. 1921 photo of the Howland House before an addition was added to the rear of the house
File:John Howland Plymouth Mass 1666 postcard.jpeg, Early postcard of Howland House
See also
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List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
This article lists the oldest buildings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Massachusetts and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate (indicated with a "") and b ...
References
External links
Jabez Howland House- Pilgrim John Howland Society
Houses completed in 1667
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1667 establishments in Plymouth Colony
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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