Coffin House
- Address: 14 High Rd
- Hours: 1st and 3rd Saturdays, June 1 - October 15 11:00 am 5:00 pm, Tours on the hour. Last tour at 4:00 pm
- Phone: (978) 462-2634
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1678/00/00 | Tristram Coffin Jr | Home | Devastated by the loss of three of their sons, Tristram and Judith Coffin leave the house on the lower green near the Parker River and moved to a small house on the upper green, to land that was most likely slated to pass to Daniel Somerby. | |||
1704/02/04 | Tristram Coffin Jr | Died | Tristram Coffin dies in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |||
1840/00/00 | Joshua Coffin | Home | As an adult, Coffin lives for a time in the downstairs southwest room of the Coffin House, his ancestral home. In this tiny study within an ell of the house, Joshua write his History of Ancient Newbury. | |||
1915/00/00 | William Sumner Appleton | Visitor | William Appleton visits the Coffin House during the restoration of the Swett-Ilsley house | |||
1929/00/00 | Historic New England | Owner | Coffin family donates the Coffin House to the SPNEA to be preserved as a family memorial. |
Particulars for Coffin House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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Activity Category | Tour |
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