Built 1747 NRHP Reference # 87000295 Area 23 ha Added to NRHP 13 March 1987 | MPS Barnstable MRA Opened 1747 Architectural style Georgian architecture | |
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Location Barnstable, Massachusetts Similar Cahoon Museum of American, Craigville Beach - Barnstable, Follins Pond, Wianno Club, John F Kennedy Hyannis | ||
The Herman Isham House is a historic house at 1322 Main Street in the Osterville area of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The 1-1/2 story Cape house was built c. 1747, and is a well-preserved example of a Georgian cottage. It is five bays wide, with a detail central entry flanked by heavy pilasters and topped by a transom and console. The house was probably built by Samuel Isham, whose grandson sold it to Seth Weeks in 1841. Weeks was the last survivor of the famous whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank. Herman Melville immortalized the story in his book Moby-Dick.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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