Samuel Dexter House | |
Location | 699 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°15′00″N 71°10′40″W / 42.2501°N 71.1779°W |
Built | 1761 |
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Architectural style | Federal, Georgian, Colonial Revival |
Part of | Dedham Village Historic District (ID06000785[1][2]) |
Added to NRHP | September 6, 2006 |
The Samuel Dexter House is a historic house at 699 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts.[3] It was built, beginning in July 1761, by Samuel Dexter, a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.[4][5][6]
Dexter purchased the property on which the house stands on March 18, 1761.[5] The house was next door to the parsonage of the First Church and Parish in Dedham, where he grew up.[6] The house was the childhood home of the Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter.[7] Dexter hosted Governor Thomas Hutchinson at the house in 1771.[8]
The building was remodeled in 1901 following the design of J. Harleston Parker, using Colonial revival elements.[9][7] The Samuel Dexter House is a contributing property to the Dedham Village Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 2006.[3]
The home was the site of the funeral of Faith Huntington, who had been living there, on November 28, 1775.[10][8]
The house served as the headquarters of General George Washington for a night following the evacuation of Boston.[8][11][12][13] Washington paid £9.18.7 for use of the home on April 4 to 5, 1776.[11] Dexter had retired to Connecticut by this point, but his fellow Governor's Councilor Joshua Henshaw was living at the house.[14][5]
The house also contained all but two books of records from the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds.[14] They had been removed from Boston to protect them during the military occupation of the capital.[14]