- Nathaniel Thayer Estate
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Thayer, Nathaniel, Estate
Location: Lancaster, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°26′59″N 71°40′43″W / 42.44972°N 71.67861°WCoordinates: 42°26′59″N 71°40′43″W / 42.44972°N 71.67861°W Built: 1846 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Colonial Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 76000302
[1]Added to NRHP: July 6, 1976 The Nathaniel Thayer Estate is a historic house at 438 S. Main Street in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The house was first built in 1798 when Reverend Nathaniel Thayer (July 11, 1769 - June 23, 1840) constructed his parsonage in South Lancaster. His sons took down the original home and built the estate in 1846, and enlarged and remodeled in 1902, to 42 rooms, transforming it into a palatial Victorian home.
After being sold out of the Thayer family and having its furnishings sold at auction, Thayer Mansion was sold to Atlantic Union College in 1943 at a cost of $12,500. Today the college's Music Department[2] is housed in this mansion, renamed the Thayer Performing Arts Center.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Music at Atlantic Union College: An Historical Overview by Dan Shultz]
- ^ Thayer Performing Arts Center at Atlantic Union College.
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