Boardman House (Saugus, Massachusetts)

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nrhp_type = nhl


caption = The Boardman House, Saugus, Massachusetts
location= 17 Howard Street, Saugus, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 28
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 2
long_seconds = 15.8
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area = .75 acre
built =1687
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
designated=November 5, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=58&ResourceType=Building
title=Boardman House |accessdate=2008-07-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000131

The Boardman House (circa 1687), also known as the Scotch-Boardman House or the Bennett-Boardman House, is a historic house located at 17 Howard Street, Saugus, Massachusetts. It is a National Historic Landmark. Estimates of the house's history have varied over the years, but it is currently believed that the house was constructed circa 1687 for William Boardman. The house was built as two rooms per floor, with a central chimney. On the ground floor it has a parlor and hall, with two bedrooms above, and an attic above the bedrooms. By 1696 a characteristic lean-to was added at the rear for the kitchen and milkroom. There are five fireplaces in the house, one in each of the original rooms, and another in the kitchen.

Although the house's general shape has not changed since this time, its original leaded-glass windows were at some point replaced with more modern sash windows, two original front gables were removed, and in about 1725 a new interior staircase was added.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000131.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Boardman House] |32 KB|date=1977(?) |author=Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000131.pdf "Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1967"] |32 KB]

It is owned by Historic New England and open to the public two days per year.

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ma0168 Scotch House, 7 Howard Street, Saugus, Essex County, MA: 2 photos, 1 drawing] , at Historic American Building Survey

See also

* List of historic houses in Massachusetts
* Saugus Iron Works