Spencer-Pierce-Little House
- Address: 5 Little's Ln
- Vicinity: High Rd
- Hours: Thursday Sunday, June 1 to October 15, 11:00 am 5:00 pm, Grounds open sunrise to sunset, year round. Closed most major holidays.
- 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 |
1635/00/00 | John Spencer (colonist) | Owner | John Spencer is granted a 400-acre parcel as part of the first land grant to new settlers. | |||
1637/00/00 | John Spencer (colonist) | Supporter | John Spencer and Richard Dummer are disarmed for being supporters of Anne Hutchinson and part of a heretical sect. | Trial of Anne Hutchinson | ||
1690/00/00 | Col Daniel Peirce | Home | Colonel Daniel Peirce builds a cruciform-style stone and brick manor house on his Newbury farm. The house remained in the Peirce family until 1778. | |||
1778/00/00 | Nathaniel Tracy | Home | Nathaniel Tracy retires to his newly purchased farm and makes modest Georgian-style changes to the house, reconfiguring the central chimney, replacing the mantles and encasing the beams. | |||
1971/00/00 | Historic New England | Owner | Agnes and Amelia Little deed their property to Historic New England, but with life rights. Historic New England will receive the house upon the death of Amelia Little in 1986. |
Particulars for Spencer-Pierce-Little House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Museum Type | Historical Museum |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Activity | |
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Activity Category | Tour |
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