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. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Sparrow House”
- Address: 42 Summer Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plimoth Grist Mill and 1749 Courthouse.
Plimoth Grist Mill
Museum
The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill.
1749 Courthouse
Museum
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The Old County Courthouse is an historic court house on Leyden Street and Market Street in the Town Square of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Built in 1749, the two-story wood-frame building is believed to be the oldest wooden courthouse in the United States; it stands on the site of the first courthouse built by Plymouth Colony settlers, and may incorporate elements of a 1670 building. 1749 Courthouse is situated 540 feet north of Richard Sparrow House.
First Parish Church
Church
First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. First Parish Church is situated 520 feet north of Richard Sparrow House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bradford–Union Street Historic District and Plymouth Village Historic District.
Bradford–Union Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries.
Plymouth Village Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
North Plymouth
Village
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North Plymouth is a census-designated place in the town of Plymouth in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,600 at the 2010 census. North Plymouth is situated 1½ miles northwest of Richard Sparrow House.
Richard Sparrow House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.95406° or 41° 57′ 15″ northLongitude
-70.66515° or 70° 39′ 55″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87HFX83M+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 215736788OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4948642Wikidata ID
Q7329174
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In Other Languages
“Richard Sparrow House” goes by many names.
- French: “Richard Sparrow House”
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