The Whittemore House is a First Period house in
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester () is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. Census. An important center of the fishing industry and a ...
, built around 1700, based on an analysis of its framing and construction methods. It is a two-story wood-frame building with a two-story shed-style addition on the rear, and a single story addition on the right side. When first built, it consisted of two rooms with a chimney on the right; two more rooms were added in the First Period to the right of the chimney, nearly centering it in the house. The original chimney has since been removed.
The house is also notable for its occupation by artist
Fitz Hugh Lane, who used the left side room as his studio.
[ The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.]
See also
* White-Ellery House, another First Period house in Gloucester
*Fitz Hugh Lane House
The Fitz Henry Lane House is a historic house at 8 Harbor Loop Road, on the harbor side of Rogers Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The three story stone Gothic Revival building was designed and built in 1849 by the artist Fitz Henry Lane, an ...
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References
Houses in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
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