Fitch Hoose House

The Fitch-Hoose House (also just the Hoose House) is a single-family house at 6 Gulf Road in Dalton, Massachusetts. The wood frame house was built in 1846, and is a representative of housing of the African American community in Dalton in the 19th century. It was built in 1846 in a part of Dalton called The Gulf that was known to be settled by freed or escaped African Americans in the early 19th century. The house was built in 1848 by William Bogart, and immediately sold to Henry Fitch, a local African American. After a succession of owners, including local papermaking magnate Zenas M. Crane (who acquired Henry Fitch's mortgage), the property was purchased in 1868 by Charles Hoose, member of an African American family that had been resident in Dalton since at least 1830. The Hoose family occupied the house until 2001. The property then fell vacant, was taken by the town through tax foreclosure proceedings in 2004. Since then it has been the focus of restoration work by the local historic commission. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.