Hart House Attic Door
date: label: date made
content: ca 1760
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Door to the attic of Hart house, the largest artifact in the museum. This Georgian-style, 2 ½-story timber-framed house was built in the 1760s and stood at 16 Elm Street in the center of Ipswich, Massachusetts, until 1963 when efforts by Ipswich citizens saved it from the bulldozer. The house was carefully taken apart-the frame, chimney, and many other pieces were shipped to the Museum and reassembled.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Today, the house is the centerpiece of the exhibition Within These Walls, and visitors are able to peer through its walls, windows, and doors to view settings played out against the backdrop of Colonial America, the American Revolution, the abolitionist movement, the industrial era, and World War II. The exhibition tells the story of five ordinary families, selected from many, who lived in this house over 200 years and made history in their kitchens and parlors, through everyday choices and personal acts of courage and sacrifice.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: Exhibition
content: Within These Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alexander B. C. Mulholland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.252318.0140
label: catalog number
content: 252318.0140
label: accession number
content: 252318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: door, attic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)