Gen. Gideon Foster House, Peabody

Name: Gen. Gideon Foster House
Address: Peabody, United States

#5 among attractions in Peabody

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The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood-frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot. ()

Built: 1810 (214 years ago)Coordinates: 42°31'22"N, 70°55'30"W

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Peabody (Peabody Town Center)Peabody United States

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Gen. Gideon Foster House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Northshore Mall, Stephen Phillips House, Peabody City Hall, George Peabody House Museum.

1.6 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Northshore Mall, Peabody
41 min walk • The Northshore Mall is a shopping mall in Peabody, Massachusetts. As of 2022, the mall currently features Macy's in two locations, J. C. Penney, and Nordstrom.
1.2 miE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Stephen Phillips House, Salem
30 min walk • The Stephen Phillips House is a historic house and museum located in the McIntire Historic District in Salem, Massachusetts, United States and was designed by Samuel McIntyre. Phillips House began with Elias Hasket Derby, one of America's first self-made millionaires from the sea trade.
~1570 ftNW
City hall
Peabody City Hall, Peabody
8 min walk • Peabody City Hall is the historic city hall of Peabody, Massachusetts. It is located at 24 Lowell Street, near Peabody Square.
0.6 miW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
George Peabody House Museum, Peabody
15 min walk • The George Peabody House Museum is a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is dedicated to the life and deeds of 19th century U.S. entrepreneur, philanthropist, and namesake of the city, George Peabody. The museum shares its location with the Peabody Leather Museum.
0.6 miE
Cemetery
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem
15 min walk • Harmony Grove Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. It was established in 1840 and is located at 30 Grove Street. The cemetery is approximately 35 acres in size and was designed by Francis Peabody and Alexander Wadsworth. The cemetery includes the Gothic revival Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905.
1.3 miNE
Cemetery
Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem
34 min walk • Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 57 Orne Street in Salem, Massachusetts. The cemetery was founded in 1807, but received a major redesign in the 1880s to bring it into the then-popular rural cemetery style, with winding lanes and landscaping.
1.3 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Pickering, Salem
33 min walk • Fort Pickering is a 17th-century historic fort site on Winter Island in Salem, Massachusetts. Fort Pickering operated as a strategic coastal defense and military barracks for Salem Harbor during a variety of periods, serving as a fortification from the Anglo-Dutch Wars through World War II.
1.2 miE
Museum
Chestnut Street District, Salem
32 min walk • The Chestnut Street District is a historic district bounded roughly by Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Streets in Salem, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and enlarged slightly in 1978.
~680 ftNE
Library
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
4 min walk • The Peabody Institute Library is the public library serving Peabody, Massachusetts. It was established in 1852 by a bequest from philanthropist and Peabody native George Peabody, and now has its main facility at 82 Main Street, with the South Branch at 78 Lynn Street and West Branch at 603 Lowell Street.
~1740 ftNE
Church
St. Vasilios Church, Peabody
9 min walk • St. Vasilios Church is a Greek Orthodox Church located at 5 Paleologos Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, United States. The first Greek immigrants arrived in the Peabody area in or about the year 1900.
~830 ftNW
Church
First Unitarian Church, Peabody
5 min walk • The First Unitarian Church is a historic church in Peabody, Massachusetts. The wood-frame church was built in 1826, when the area was known as South Danvers.

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Nearby attractions include Peabody Institute Library, Peabody (4 min walk), First Unitarian Church, Peabody (5 min walk), Peabody City Hall, Peabody (8 min walk), Peabody Civic Center Historic District, Peabody (9 min walk).