Hart House Architectual Elements from Ipswich, Mass.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1760
name: label: resident
content: Caldwell, Josiah
label: resident
content: Caldwell, Lucy
label: resident
content: Choate, Abraham
label: resident
content: Choate, Sarah
label: resident
content: Dodge, Abraham
label: resident
content: Dodge, Bethiah
label: resident
content: Lynch, Catherine
label: resident
content: Lynch, Mary
label: owner
content: Dodge, Abraham
label: owner
content: Caldwell, Josiah
label: owner
content: Choate, Sarah
label: owner
content: Dodge, Bethiah
label: owner
content: Caldwell, Lucy
label: owner
content: Lynch, Catherine
label: owner
content: Lynch, Mary
label: resident
content: Scott, Mary
label: owner
content: Choate, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: 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
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, Ipswich
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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.64.545
label: catalog number
content: 64.545
label: accession number
content: 252318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: architectural elements, Hart House
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: georgian architectual style (overall style)