Shoreborne Wilson House, Ipswich

Name: Shoreborne Wilson House
Address: Ipswich, United States

#11 among attractions in Ipswich

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The Shoreborne Wilson House is a historic colonial house at 4 South Main Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built between 1685 and 1692 by Shoreborne Wilson, a cooper. It has a basic four-room center chimney plan, of which Wilson built the northwest section. The house was acquired by Captain Samuel Appleton in 1702, who likely built the southeast section. In the following years the house went through a variety of uses. It underwent a restoration of sorts in the 1920s, in which fireplaces and trim details were replaced. ()

Built: 1685 (339 years ago)Coordinates: 42°40'44"N, 70°50'14"W

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Shoreborne Wilson House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: John Whipple House, Ipswich Museum, Choate Bridge, Greenwood Farm.

~1040 ftS
Museum, History museum, Saltbox architecture
John Whipple House, Ipswich
6 min walk • The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.
~730 ftSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
4 min walk • The Ipswich Historical Society in Ipswich, Massachusetts was founded by Reverend Thomas Franklin Waters in 1890. The Society initially had no headquarters, and met in the studio of artist Arthur Wesley Dow. They eventually found a better place to meet in the Odd Fellows Hall.
~330 ftN
Bridge
Choate Bridge, Ipswich
2 min walk • Choate Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America, and is probably the oldest in Massachusetts.
1.5 miNE
Historical place, Park
Greenwood Farm, Ipswich
38 min walk • Greenwood Farm is a historic property and nature reserve located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is owned by The Trustees of Reservations. It features the Paine-Dodge House, a First Period farmhouse constructed in 1694.
~730 ftSE
Museum
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
4 min walk • Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located on High Street in Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the former counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk, which were amalgamated in 1974.
~1350 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Ipswich Mills Historic District, Ipswich
7 min walk • The Ipswich Mills Historic District encompasses a major textile mill complex and associated worker housing along the Ipswich River near the center of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
~1220 ftS
Neighbourhood
South Green Historic District, Ipswich
6 min walk • The South Green Historic District encompasses one of the oldest central civic parts of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The town's South Green was laid out in 1686, and is now the heart of a collection of historic properties dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
~930 ftN
Neighbourhood
Meetinghouse Green Historic District, Ipswich
5 min walk • Meetinghouse Green Historic District encompasses the historic 17th century heart of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The district runs along North Main Street, south from its junction with High Street to the southern end of the Meetinghouse Green.
0.5 miW
Neighbourhood
Brown Stocking Mill Historic District, Ipswich
13 min walk • The Brown Stocking Mill Historic District in Ipswich, Massachusetts encompasses the mill building of Harry S. Brown's stocking-making factory, and associated mill worker housing Brown had built.

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Which popular attractions are close to Shoreborne Wilson House?

Nearby attractions include Choate Bridge, Ipswich (2 min walk), Ipswich Museum, Ipswich (4 min walk), Ipswich Museum, Ipswich (4 min walk), Meetinghouse Green Historic District, Ipswich (5 min walk).

How to get to Shoreborne Wilson House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Shoreborne Wilson House:

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Ipswich (6 min walk)