John Whipple House

Infobox_nrhp | name =John Whipple House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = John Whipple House
location= Ipswich, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 40
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 50
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1642
architect= Whipple,John
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=October 9, 1960
added = October 15, 1966
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000791cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The John Whipple House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

The oldest portion of the house was built in 1642 for John Whipple, a British colonist. A large addition to the house was constructed in the 1670s. The house was added to the National Historic Register in 1966.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] Currently, the house is run by the Ipswich Historic Society. [http://www.ipswichmuseum.net/houses.php]

References

* Hugh Morrison," Early American Architecture from the First Colonial Settlements to the National Period" (New York, Oxford University Press, 1952), pp. 54-55.

External links

* [http://www.ipswichmuseum.net/houses.php Ipswich Historical Society Museum page]