Richard Sparrow House
The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth.
Richard Sparrow House | |
| Location | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°57′15″N 70°39′54″W |
| Built | ca. 1640 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002035[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 9, 1974 |
The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636.[2] He was granted a 16-acre (6.5 ha) tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built.[2] Sparrow moved to Eastham in 1653.[2] The Richard Sparrow House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] The house is now operated as a house museum and art gallery and is part of Plymouth Village Historic District.
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