Gardner-Whippey House, 64 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: 1789: William Gardner and his daughter Lucinda Gardner Whippey purchased a parcel of land containing twenty-one square rods. The land located in Sherburne was purchased for the sum of thirty three pounds twelve shillings from Stephen Hussey, Josiah Barker, Silvanus Starbuck, Shubael Barnard and Zaccheus Macy. 1791: William Gardner and his son-in-law Coffine Whippey built a house on the land purchased in 1789 located in Sherburne, at what is now 64 Centre Street. They entered into a mutual agreement for their convenience that divided the house in half for the use of each man and his family. 1821: William Gardner sold his half of the house, as set down by the agreement of 1791, to Coffin Whippey for the sum of $450.00. The deed included provision for William Gardner and his wife Phebe to live in their half of the house until their deaths. ... 1950: Emma Francis Hayward gave the entire house, property, shop building, furniture and furnishings to the First Congregational Church of Nantucket. The Church decided to use the property as the parsonage as Mrs. Hayward had wished.
Survey number: HABS MA-1274