The Norton House is a historic house located in northern
Swansea, Massachusetts
Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts.
It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, south of Boston, and southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 17,144 at the 2020 cens ...
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Description and history
It is a -story, wood-framed house, with a typical
Georgian
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five-bay wide front facade and a large central chimney. Its main entrance, centered on the front facade, has sidelight windows and is topped by a Federal period elliptical fan. Built in about 1779, it is one of the older well-preserved houses in northern Swansea. In the early 20th century, it was owned by Benjamin Norton, part owner of a jewelry manufacturing business in nearby Barneyville.
The house 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 ...
on February 16, 1990.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts
References
Houses in Swansea, Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1779
1779 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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