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Benjamin Franklin House


  • Address: 36 Craven St Wc2
  • Phone: 44 20 7925 1405
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Available for private functions


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1730/00/00 Benjamin Franklin House is built as a lodging house. The Grade I listed building retains a majority of original features (central staircase, lathing, 18th century paneling, stoves, windows, fittings, beams, brick, etc) 'unimproved' over time.
1757/00/00 Benjamin Franklin Home Franklin makes his home at 36 Craven Street from 1757 to 1762 and from 1764 to 1775
1772/09/00 From September 1772 Benjamin Franklin's protege, William Hewson, operates an anatomy school at 36 Craven Street. Hewson lived in the house for two years.
1776/00/00 Benjamin Franklin Home Ben Franklin leaves his English home to move back to America.
1998/00/00 Conservationist retrieve over 1200 pieces of bone from a small pit. Forensic investigations show the bones of more than a dozen bodies date to 1700s. They probably are the remainders of an anatomy school run by Franklin's protege, William Hewson.

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Particulars for Benjamin Franklin House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Museum Type Historical Museum
Criteria Person
Historic Use Single dwelling
Building Style Townhouse

Data
NHLE List Entry Number: 1066930



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