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Puritan House

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Built
  
1810

NRHP Reference #
  
76000244

Area
  
404.7 m²

Architect
  
Colonel James Tappan

Opened
  
1810

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 1976

Puritan House

Location
  
Gloucester, Massachusetts

Similar
  
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The Puritan House is a historic hotel building at 3 Washington Street and 2 Main Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was the first brick building to be built in the city. It was built in 1810 form James Tappan, a schoolteacher from New Hampshire who once had Daniel Webster as a student. Tappan operated Tappan's Hotel on the premises, and it served as a major social center for the community. Later owners also operated it as a hotel space, including one who gave it the name "Puritan House". It now houses other businesses.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and was included in the Central Gloucester Historic District in 1982.

References

Puritan House Wikipedia