Massachusetts
Norfolk
Town of Medfield

Peak House

Peak House Heritage Center is a historic site located in . According to tradition, the original house was built in 1651 by Benjamin Clark, was burned during the King Philip's War on February 21, 1676, and was rebuilt ca.
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  • Email: info@peakhouseheritage.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Historic house in Medfield, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Peak House Heritage Center” and “Peak House Museum”
  • Address: 347 Main Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dwight–Derby House and First Parish Unitarian Church.

Museum
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The is at 7 Frairy Street in . The Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory took samples of the house frame in 2007 and determined that the earliest, southwest portion of the house was built in 1697, and an addition was built to the east in 1713. is situated 3,100 feet west of Peak House.

Place of worship
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The , now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Medfield, is a historic church on North Street in . is situated 2,800 feet west of Peak House.

Church
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The is a historic Baptist church building at 438 Main Street in , . The church building, the second for the congregation, was constructed in 1838, and originally had Greek Revival styling. is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Peak House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medfield and Millis.

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is a town of 13,000 people in . was first settled by Anglo-Americans in 1649 after the land was taken from the Neponset Native Americans.

Town
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Franklin is a city of 37,000 in . Bellingham is a town with a population of 17,000. Birthplace of noted author William Taylor Adams, also known as Oliver Optic. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Peak House.

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is a town in , United States. Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles south of downtown , , and 30 miles north of .

Peak House

Latitude
42.19° or 42° 11′ 24″ north
Longitude
-71.29676° or 71° 17′ 48″ west
Open location code
87JC5PQ3+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 214522046
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2065833
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Peak House” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Peak House and Hinckley Pond.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peak House”. Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.