The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
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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'' passengers
John Howland and
Elizabeth Tilley 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 in 1974.
The Pilgrim
John Howland Society owns and operates the house as a
historic house museum 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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
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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