Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 80000309 Architectural style Federal architecture | Built 1806 (1806) Opened 1806 Added to NRHP 18 November 1980 | |
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Location 5 Hale St., Dover, New Hampshire | ||
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The William Hale House is a historic house at 5 Hale Street in Dover, New Hampshire. It is a three-story wood frame structure set close to the street, five bays wide, whose third floor windows are smaller than those on the lower floors. The center entry is sheltered by a modest portico supported by Doric columns and matching pilasters. The house was built in 1806 for William Hale by Bradbury Johnson, a noted local builder-designer of the period. It is one of the few early houses in southeastern New Hampshire for which the architect is known with certainty. William Hale was a successful merchant, and this house was one of the finest of the Federal era in Dover.
The house was originally located near the center of Dover where Dover City Hall stands, overlooking the waterfront where Hale owned a wharf. In 1890 it was moved to its present location, adjacent to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, after the city took the land by eminent domain. The property was purchased by the church from Hale's descendants in 1901.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.