The Adams–Clarke House is a historic late
First Period
First Period is an American architecture style originating between approximately 1626 and 1725, used primarily by British colonists during the settlement of the British colonies of North America, particularly in Massachusetts and Virginia. ...
house in
Georgetown, Massachusetts
Georgetown is a New England town, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,470 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1838 from part of Rowley, Massachus ...
. Built about 1725, it retains a number of features transitional between the First and Second periods of colonial architecture. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1990.
Description and history
The Adams–Clarke House is located northwest of Georgetown center, on the north side of West Main Street (
Massachusetts Route 97
Route 97 is a south–north highway in Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts, United States. It connects the cities of Beverly and Haverhill before continuing into Salem, New Hampshire as New Hampshire Route 97.
Route description ...
) between Pentucket and Weston Avenues. It is oriented facing nearly directly south, placing it at an unusual angle to the street, which runs roughly northwest. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a Federal-style central entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a four-light transom and corniced entablature. Windows are 9-over-6 sash, with simple framing. An ell extends to the east side of the building. On the interior, the right side parlor has exposed unchamfered beams, while the left parlor has a Second Period fireplace mantel. The lobby, set between the chimney and the door, includes a winding staircase with feathered sheathing similar to that seen in the right parlor. The addition's interior is Federal in style.
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The house was probably built by Isaac Davis sometime after he bought the land in 1716. Its oldest section is the chimney and right side rooms, with the left side rooms added not long afterward. The house exterior was refashioned in Federal style c. 1800, about the time the right-side addition was built. A later 18th-century resident was Benjamin Adams, a militia officer who served in the ]American Revolutionary War
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, and represented Rowley Rowley may refer to:
Places Canada
* Rowley, Alberta, a hamlet
* Rowley Island, Nunavut
United Kingdom
* Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet - see Rowley railway station (England)
* Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a village and civil par ...
in the state legislature.
See also
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References
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Houses in Georgetown, Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1725