Charles Wood House, 1 North Water Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Summary
Significance: Typical of houses built in great numbers right after the Great Fire of 1846. The Charles Wood House was built soon after the Great Fire of 1846 that destroyed all the buildings in this part of town. It is typical of many small Greek Revival houses built in the last decade of prosperity based on Nantucket's whaling industry. It was demolished in 1967.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-196
Survey number: HABS MA-898
Building/structure dates: ca. 1846 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1967 Demolished
Tags
Date
1846 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Nantucket (Mass.), 41.28578, -70.09959
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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