Built 1789 Opened 1789 Added to NRHP 15 March 2007 | NRHP Reference # 07000152 Area 2 ha | |
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Location 1 Main St., Francestown, New Hampshire Architectural styles Georgian architecture, Federal architecture Similar Crotched Mountain, Fun‑World, Squam Lakes Natural S, White Mountains | ||
The Levi Woodbury Homestead is a historic house at 1 Main Street in Francestown, New Hampshire. The oldest portion of the house, now part of a wing of the main house, was built in 1787. The house was expanded in stages, reaching its present configuration c. 1832. It has a 2-1/2 story main block with a hip roof, with a 1-1/2 story wing extending to the north. The house is most significant as the only known surviving structure that has a significant association with statesman Levi Woodbury (1789-1851). Woodbury had a long and distinguished career in state and national politics, serving on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, as Governor of New Hampshire, in several positions in the United States Cabinet, and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Woodbury was born in this house, and operated his law practice out of this house 1813-19. The house remained in the Woodbury family until the 1960s.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.