Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 79000318 Added to NRHP 15 October 1979 | Built 1852 (1852) Opened 1852 | |
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Architectural style Second Empire architecture in Europe Similar Pierce Manse, Franklin Pierce Homestead, Old North Cemetery, Ragged Mountain Resort, Bretton Woods Mountain | ||
The Franklin Pierce House was a historic house at 52 South Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. The three story stuccoed brick building was constructed in 1852, and was originally built with Italianate styling and a flat roof. It was restyled later in the 19th century in the Second Empire style, with a mansard roof. The house was most notable, however, for its association with United States President Franklin Pierce, who lived here with his family (as boarders of the owner, Willard Williams) intermittently after his departure from the White House. Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne visited the Pierces here in 1864, shortly before his death, and both Pierce and his wife Jane died in this house.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was destroyed by fire in 1981.