Hersey Gay House

  • Also Known As: Martin House
  • Also Known As: W Allan Gay House

  • Address: 262 262 South St
  • Vicinity: E of West St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1636/07/03 William Hersey Home A 5 acre house-lot is granted to Wm Hersey on what is now South St bounded on the east by John Winchester and on the west by William Buckland. Part of Hersey's home may remain in the modern kitchen built with timber from trees felled in the 1600's.
1700/00/00 The Williams residence is expanded. The main beam in the present kitchen is chestnut, a tree which disappeared in this size in the early 1700's.
1821/08/18 Winckworth Allan Gay Born Mary Alleyne Otis, wife of Ebenezer Gay, gives birth to a son, Winckworth Allan Gay, in Hingham, Massachusetts.

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Particulars for Hersey Gay House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne
Historic Use Single dwelling




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