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The John Humphreys House, also known as Sir John Humphreys House, is 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 ...
located in
Swampscott, Massachusetts Swampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Ba ...
. Although it was long thought to be associated with John Humphrey, an early deputy governor of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...
, it was more likely built about 1700, based on architectural analysis. In 1641
Deborah Moody Deborah, Lady Moody (born Deborah Dunch) (1586– circa 1659) is notable as the founder of Gravesend, Brooklyn, and is the only woman known to have started a village in colonial America. She was the first known female landowner in the New World. A ...
bought the Humphrey house (which he called Swampscott) and 900 acres when the Humphreys returned to England giving her over 1300 acres of what would become
Swampscott, Massachusetts Swampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Ba ...
. The house was originally located on what is now Elmwood Road (a plaque marks the site), but moved to its current location in 1891 as the Olmsted district was developed. It is currently owned by the Swampscott Historical Society. It was listed on the
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in 1990.


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List of historic houses in Massachusetts This is a list of historic houses in Massachusetts. Western Massachusetts Berkshire County * Lenox ** The Mount ( Lenox) – author Edith Wharton's estate; 1902 ** Ventfort Hall ( Lenox) – Jacobean style mansion, built 1893 – George & ...
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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts This list is of that portion of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Essex County, Massachusetts. The locations of these properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may b ...


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Buildings and structures in Swampscott, Massachusetts Houses in Essex County, Massachusetts Historic house museums in Massachusetts Residential buildings completed in 1700 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts British colonial architecture in the United States Colonial architecture in Massachusetts 1700 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-museum-stub