Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Joshua Coffin House, 52 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of the best examples of the mid-eighteenth century ship-masters' houses; a full house plan, central chimney and door, frame, gable roof with lean-to. The Joshua Coffin House is one of the most... More
Dexioma, Broadway, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-1206 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Walter Folger II House, 8 Pleasant Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County...
Significance: The Walter Folger II House was purchased in 1786 by Walter Folger Sr. Similar to other Pleasant Street residences of the period, it was originally constructed as a two and one-half story heavy wo... More
Thomas Macy Warehouse, Straight Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: A large brick warehouse for ships' stores built immediately after the Great Fire of 1846 during Nantucket's whaling prosperity. / All buildings in the vicinity of this building were destroyed by t... More
First Baptist Church, 1 Summer Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The First Baptist Church was originally built as the Baptist Meeting House. Fredrick Brown Coleman designed the church. His design was interpreted in a very... More
Jethro Coffin House, Sunset Hill, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The oldest building on Nantucket Island, it was restored in 1927 as an example of seventeenth century domestic architecture from which the typical Nantucket house evolved in the eighteenth century... More
Jethro Coffin House, Sunset Hill, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The oldest building on Nantucket Island, it was restored in 1927 as an example of seventeenth century domestic architecture from which the typical Nantucket house evolved in the eighteenth century... More
Greater Light, 8 Howard Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Located on Nantucket Island, the barn at 8 Howard Street is believed to have been built c. 1790. It was purchased in 1906 by William Holland, the town grocer, who used it to house cattle, horses ... More
William M. Andrews House, 22 Hussey Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Count...
Significance: The house at Twenty-Two Hussey Street was the first residence on the island of Nantucket to be designed and constructed by William M. Andrews, and early carpenter and house wright. Finished in 18... More
Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...
Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More
Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...
Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More
Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...
Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More
Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...
Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More
Main Street, South Side (Buildings), 18-54 Main Street, Nantucket, Nan...
Significance: All buildings built after the fire of 1846; typical late nineteenth and early twentieth century retail shopping street. Survey number: HABS MA-950 Building/structure dates: ca. 18h2 Initial Construction
Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...
Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More
Old Gaol, Vestal Street (moved from original site), Nantucket, Nantuck...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N162 Survey number: HABS MA-120 Building/structure dates: 1711 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1805 Subsequent Work
William Crosby House, 1 Pleasant Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, ...
Significance: In 1837 whaling merchant William Crosby commissioned Henry Macy to build a house at One Pleasant Street. This building is a good example of the Greek Revival tradition in nineteenth century Nantu... More
William Crosby House, 1 Pleasant Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, ...
Significance: In 1837 whaling merchant William Crosby commissioned Henry Macy to build a house at One Pleasant Street. This building is a good example of the Greek Revival tradition in nineteenth century Nantu... More
Coffin-Gardner House, 33 Milk Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: This house has remained in the same family since built, is a typical indigenous Nantucket house of the turn of the nineteenth century, and has been little altered. / The Coffin-Gardner House was e... More
Academy Lane (Houses), Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Academy Lane is located on Academy Hill, once known as Beacon Hill, adjacent to the First Congregational Church (MA-902) and The North Vestry (MA-903). The l... More
Academy Lane (Houses), Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Academy Lane is located on Academy Hill, once known as Beacon Hill, adjacent to the First Congregational Church (MA-902) and The North Vestry (MA-903). The l... More
Major Josiah Coffin House, 60 Cliff Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: A large two-story lean-to style, it is one of the oldest houses on Nantucket. / This house was built in 1724 by Major Josiah Coffin for his son, Josiah Coffin, Esquire. In 1811 the son died, leav... More
Major Josiah Coffin House, 60 Cliff Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: A large two-story lean-to style, it is one of the oldest houses on Nantucket. / This house was built in 1724 by Major Josiah Coffin for his son, Josiah Coffin, Esquire. In 1811 the son died, leav... More
Tashama Farm, Surfside Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Stately mansion built by a prosperous whaling merchant. Survey number: HABS MA-943 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1831
Hadwen & Barney Candle House, Broad & South Streets, Nantucket, Nantuc...
Significance: Built as a brick candle-house, it is one of the half-dozen remaining commercial buildings of whaling days. This building was erected in 1847, a year after the Great Fire of 1846, by the firm of Ri... More
Fish Shanties, Old South Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: These small fish and scallop shanties, many of them moved from locations on Washington Street and along the waterfront, are the only remaining wharf structures that resemble those that crowded the... More
Fish Shanties, Old South Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: These small fish and scallop shanties, many of them moved from locations on Washington Street and along the waterfront, are the only remaining wharf structures that resemble those that crowded the... More
Thomas Macy House, 99 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The 1770 residence of Valentine Swain was constructed as a typical four bay house. During the prosperity of the whaling days, Thomas Macy acquired the property and had the house enlarged and embe... More
Siasconset Union Chapel, New Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket ...
Significance: The Siasconset Union Chapel has served as the house of prayer for the village of Siasconset, Nantucket Island, since its completion in 1883. Originally constructed in a Gothic Revival style, it h... More
Siasconset Union Chapel, New Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket ...
Significance: The Siasconset Union Chapel has served as the house of prayer for the village of Siasconset, Nantucket Island, since its completion in 1883. Originally constructed in a Gothic Revival style, it h... More
Siasconset Union Chapel, New Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Nantucket ...
Significance: The Siasconset Union Chapel has served as the house of prayer for the village of Siasconset, Nantucket Island, since its completion in 1883. Originally constructed in a Gothic Revival style, it h... More
First Congregational Church, 62 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Co...
Significance: The First Congregational Church's architecture illustrates the conflict of carpenter classic and carpenter gothic styles of the mid-nineteenth century; trompe l'oeil painting on interior west wall... More
First Congregational Church, 62 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Co...
Significance: The First Congregational Church's architecture illustrates the conflict of carpenter classic and carpenter gothic styles of the mid-nineteenth century; trompe l'oeil painting on interior west wall... More
First Congregational Church, 62 Centre Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Co...
Significance: The First Congregational Church's architecture illustrates the conflict of carpenter classic and carpenter gothic styles of the mid-nineteenth century; trompe l'oeil painting on interior west wall... More
Sea Cliff Inn, 31 Cliff Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: A typical late nineteenth century beach resort hotel, one of the largest in Nantucket. Survey number: HABS MA-967 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1... More
Peleg Coggeshall House, 10 Orange Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: A large early nineteenth century house and home of a Nantucket sea-captain; part of the Orange and Union Streets Neighborhood Study (MASS-1014). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More
Moor's End, 19 Pleasant Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: A large, elegant brick house built for a ship-owner in the prosperous days of the whaling industry on Nantucket. Survey number: HABS MA-917 Building/structure dates: ca. 1834 Initial Construction
Silas Paddack House, 18 India Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The house at 18 India Street was built c. 1767 for Silas Paddack, mariner, on land inherited from his wife's family. Silas was a direct descendent of Ichabod Paddack who, in 1690, was brought to ... More
Henry Coffin House, 75 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Henry Coffin House, 75 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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McCleave-Dickie House, 1 Weymouth Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Survey number: HABS MA-1099 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Micah Coffin House, Broadway, Siasconset, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: House is the oldest on the Siasconset Bank and considered the oldest on Nantucket Island. Survey number: HABS MA-857 Building/structure dates: ca. 1675 Initial Construction
U.S. Lifesaving Station, Surfside, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: A carpenter gothic building, it was the first life saving station operated by the United States Government on Nantucket. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-208 Survey ... More
Swain-Mitchell House, 1 Vestal Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Excellent example of the typical Nantucket house that is apparently indigenous to Nantucket and was built between c. 1770 and c. 1830, characterized by a lack of symmetry, four bays, off-center do... More
Swain-Mitchell House, 1 Vestal Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Excellent example of the typical Nantucket house that is apparently indigenous to Nantucket and was built between c. 1770 and c. 1830, characterized by a lack of symmetry, four bays, off-center do... More
John Russell House, 33 India Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Typical Nantucket house with a typical carpenter classic Nantucket doorway; part of the India Street Neighborhood Study (MASS-1013). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More
Great Point Lighthouse, Great Point, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of the oldest and most important lighthouses on the coast. The stone tower of Great Point Light was built in 1818 to mark an offshore rip and bar, replacing a 1784 structure which had burned i... More
Great Point Lighthouse, Great Point, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of the oldest and most important lighthouses on the coast. The stone tower of Great Point Light was built in 1818 to mark an offshore rip and bar, replacing a 1784 structure which had burned i... More
Frederick C. Sanford Place, Federal, Broad & Water Streets, Nantucket,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS MA-162 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Demolished Building/structure d... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nantucket Atheneum, Lower India & Federal Streets, Nantucket, Nantucke...
Significance: Intellectual center for Nantucket, originally built in 1825, it was rebuilt after the fire of 1846 with further embellishments to its Greek Revival design. The Nantucket Atheneum was erected in 18... More
Nathaniel Macy House, 12 Liberty Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, ...
Significance: House is a good example in excellent condition of typical early eighteenth century Nantucket house of two stories with a lean-to addition forming a "saltbox" roof profile. The Nathaniel Macy House... More
Henry Swift Place (Garden), 91 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Count...
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Elihu Coleman House, Hawthorne Lane, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The only house still standing on the site of the old settlement of Sherburne, it is an excellent example of early eighteenth century Nantucket architecture. Survey number: HABS MA-2-86 Building/... More
19 Hussey Street (House), Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-195 Building/structure dates: 1738 Initial Construction
Captain Reuben Baxter House, 23 India Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Cou...
Significance: A typical Nantucket house extensively altered; part of the India Street Neighborhood Study (MASS-1013). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-236 Survey number: HABS MA-1... More
Francis Macy House, 77 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of about a dozen mansions built at the height of whaling prosperity; late eighteenth century house in rear. Survey number: HABS MA-931 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction... More
Francis Macy House, 77 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: One of about a dozen mansions built at the height of whaling prosperity; late eighteenth century house in rear. Survey number: HABS MA-931 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction... More
Second Congregational Meetinghouse Society Church, Orange Street, Nant...
Significance: The structure, with its clock tower and golden dome, dominates the skyline of Nantucket town. The church is an outstanding example of an early nineteenth century meeting house with trompe-l'oeil ... More
Second Congregational Meetinghouse Society Church, Orange Street, Nant...
Significance: The structure, with its clock tower and golden dome, dominates the skyline of Nantucket town. The church is an outstanding example of an early nineteenth century meeting house with trompe-l'oeil ... More
John Wendell Barrett House, 72 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Count...
Significance: An example of the work of John Coleman, Nantucket builder and craftsman, and of the Greek Revival style in an early, conservative phase on Nantucket. Survey number: HABS MA-915 Building/structur... More
John Wendell Barrett House, 72 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Count...
Significance: An example of the work of John Coleman, Nantucket builder and craftsman, and of the Greek Revival style in an early, conservative phase on Nantucket. Survey number: HABS MA-915 Building/structur... More
Charles Wood House, 1 North Water Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
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 tow... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...
Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was commissioned by Miss Caroline L.W. French of Boston in memory of her father. The structure was designed by J.W. Northrup of Bridgeport, CT. The cornerstone was laid... More
Holmes & Wyer Carpenters' Shop, Straight Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket C...
Significance: One of the warehouses erected on Straight Wharf immediately after the Great Fire of 1846. 1846 - Daniel Jones, "merchant," owned a ships' supply store here up to 1846 when it was destroyed by fire... More
Holmes & Wyer Carpenters' Shop, Straight Wharf, Nantucket, Nantucket C...
Significance: One of the warehouses erected on Straight Wharf immediately after the Great Fire of 1846. 1846 - Daniel Jones, "merchant," owned a ships' supply store here up to 1846 when it was destroyed by fire... More
Pierce, Easton, Russell, Bunker, & Gardner Houses, 15, 17, 19, 21 & 23...
Significance: Only row houses in Nantucket; part of the Orange and Union Streets Neighborhood Study (MASS-1014). / The James Easton House, built as part of five row houses, by Philip H. Folger, was purchased by... More
Pierce, Easton, Russell, Bunker, & Gardner Houses, 15, 17, 19, 21 & 23...
Significance: Only row houses in Nantucket; part of the Orange and Union Streets Neighborhood Study (MASS-1014). / The James Easton House, built as part of five row houses, by Philip H. Folger, was purchased by... More
Hadwen-Wright House, 94 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Hadwen-Wright House, 94 Main Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Woodbox Inn, 29 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: The Woodbox Inn was constructed c. 1709 as a residence for the George Bunker family. The structure was originally a story and one half saltbox. An early addition converted the saltbox into a two... More
Tristram Bunker House, 3 Bear Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: Example of small Nantucket lean-to house with traditional ell addition. The Bunker House is a typical small, 2-bay, shingled, lean-to type house of the early-middle 18th century. The exact date o... More
17-57 Main Street (Commercial Buildings), Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: Brick commercial buildings built soon after the 1846 fire along the new alignment for Main Street. Survey number: HABS MA-952 Building/structure dates: ca. 1847 Initial Construction
Job Macy House, 11 Mill Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: An early example of the typical Nantucket dwelling-house with two stories front and rear rather than a lean-to to rear and characterized by a lack of symmetry, four bays, off-center doorway and ch... More
Job Macy House, 11 Mill Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Significance: An early example of the typical Nantucket dwelling-house with two stories front and rear rather than a lean-to to rear and characterized by a lack of symmetry, four bays, off-center doorway and ch... More
Joseph Starbuck House, 4 New Dollar Lane, Nantucket, Nantucket County,...
Significance: This is a typical Nantucket mansion of the early nineteenth century when the houses began to be more spacious. Survey number: HABS MA-940 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction Bui... More
Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study, 8-31 Orange Street, 9-21 Un...
Significance: Part of one of the earliest sections of the town to be laid out, the dwellings span Nantucket's history from the mid-eighteenth century to 1925 and ie both on and below Quanaty Bank. / This neighb... More
Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study, 8-31 Orange Street, 9-21 Un...
Significance: Part of one of the earliest sections of the town to be laid out, the dwellings span Nantucket's history from the mid-eighteenth century to 1925 and ie both on and below Quanaty Bank. / This neighb... More
Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study, 8-31 Orange Street, 9-21 Un...
Significance: Part of one of the earliest sections of the town to be laid out, the dwellings span Nantucket's history from the mid-eighteenth century to 1925 and ie both on and below Quanaty Bank. / This neighb... More
Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study, 8-31 Orange Street, 9-21 Un...
Significance: Part of one of the earliest sections of the town to be laid out, the dwellings span Nantucket's history from the mid-eighteenth century to 1925 and ie both on and below Quanaty Bank. / This neighb... More
Orange & Union Streets Neighborhood Study, 8-31 Orange Street, 9-21 Un...
Significance: Part of one of the earliest sections of the town to be laid out, the dwellings span Nantucket's history from the mid-eighteenth century to 1925 and ie both on and below Quanaty Bank. / This neighb... More
Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Nantucket Historical Study, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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