NRHP Reference # 93000298 Added to NRHP 16 April 1993 | Area 6,070 m² | |
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Location Middleborough, Massachusetts Architectural styles Italianate architecture, Second Empire architecture in Europe | ||
The Tom Thumb House is a historic house at 351 Plymouth Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in the 1870s as a summer home for the dwarf entertainer Charles Stratton, best known by his stage name, General Tom Thumb. It has Second Empire architecture, including a mansard roof, paired brackets in the cornice, and paired columns supporting the porch. The interior was built to meet the needs of the 3'4" Stratton and his wife Lavinia, who was also a proportionate dwarf (midget,) however, few of its miniaturized features have survived.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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