- Brocklebank-Nelson-Beecher House
The Brocklebank-Nelson-Beecher House (circa 1668) is a First Period Colonial house located at 108 East Main Street (Route 133),
Georgetown, Massachusetts . It is now a nonprofit museum owned by the Georgetown Historical Society. An admission fee is charged.History
In 1661 the house's land was granted to Captain Samuel Brocklebank, a surveyor who had come from England in 1638. It is believed that Brocklebank built the house shortly after his marriage in 1668, near a brook where he had kept cattle penned previously. Brocklebank, a captain in the militia, was killed with his entire company in Sudbury in 1676 in a skirmish with Indians during King Philip's War. The house remained within the family until 1754, when it was acquired by Dudley Tyler for use as a tavern, which use continued under Solomon Nelson who purchased the property in 1767. In 1858 the house was bought by Rev
Charles Beecher , brother ofHarriet Beecher Stowe andHenry Ward Beecher . In 1880 the house was purchased by M. G. Spofford and in 1931 by furniture manufacturer Everett Spaulding, a tenth generation Brocklebank descendant who sold the property to the Society in 1975.Present description
The original house was extended several times in its early years, and is now a gambrel roofed, 5-bay, center chimney dwelling of early eighteenth century appearance. A number of items are exhibited within, including many of Capt. Brocklebank's journals. There are also many historically accurate pieces within as well as a display of a small back yard shoe shop.
External links
* [http://www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.com/museum.html Brocklebank Museum]
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