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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 ''
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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
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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


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth Coun ...
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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 ...


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- 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 {{Massachusetts-museum-stub