Tupper-Folger House, 28 Orange Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The rear or east section is one of the first houses built in this section and believed to be the home where Crevecoeur, author of Letters From an American Farmer, was entertained in 1772; the west section is typical of the five-bay Greek Revival "mansions" built in Nantucket at the time of the greatest whaling prosperity; part of the Orange and Union Streets Neighborhood Study (MASS-1014).
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257
Survey number: HABS MA-1073
Building/structure dates: ca. 1755 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1820 Subsequent Work