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Joseph Gardner House

Coordinates: 41°43′7″N 71°12′15″W / 41.71861°N 71.20417°W / 41.71861; -71.20417
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Joseph Gardner House
Joseph Gardner House
Joseph Gardner House is located in Massachusetts
Joseph Gardner House
Joseph Gardner House is located in the United States
Joseph Gardner House
Location1205 Gardner's Neck Road,
Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°43′7″N 71°12′15″W / 41.71861°N 71.20417°W / 41.71861; -71.20417
Built1795
Architectural styleFederal
MPSSwansea MRA
NRHP reference No.90000076[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The Joseph Gardner House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. The original five-bay block of this 1+12-story Cape style house was built c. 1795; it was expanded and converted for summer use c. 1877 during the rise of Gardner's Neck as a summer resort area. The Joseph Gardner, the builder was the grandson of Samuel Gardner, one of the early owners of the neck after its purchase from Native Americans.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Joseph Gardner House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-26.