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Caleb Lothrop House

Coordinates: 42°14′12″N 70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695
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Caleb Lothrop House
Caleb Lothrop House is located in Massachusetts
Caleb Lothrop House
Caleb Lothrop House is located in the United States
Caleb Lothrop House
Location14 Summer Street,
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′12″N 70°47′49″W / 42.2366°N 70.79695°W / 42.2366; -70.79695
Built1821
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.76000269 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1976

The Caleb Lothrop House is a historic house in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The two-story hip-roof wood-frame house was built in 1821, and is the only brick-ended houses in the town. The house is a well-preserved example of Federal styling, featuring a center entry that is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters. The house served for a time as the headquarters of the Cohasset Historical Society. Calep Lothrop, its builder, was the grandson of a Revolutionary War militia leader, and was descended from one of the area's first settlers.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Caleb Lothrop House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-26.