Thomas-Webster Estate
Thomas-Webster Estate
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Thomas-Webster Estate
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Location | Marshfield, Massachusetts |
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Built | 1832 |
Architect | Preston, William Gibbons |
Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne |
NRHP Reference # | 93000206 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 5, 1993 |
The Thomas-Webster Estate is a historic estate at 238 Webster Street in Marshfield, Massachusetts. It is most notable for its association with the politician and statesman Daniel Webster, who owned a large (more than 1,000-acre (400 ha)) property in Marshfield, and is buried here along with other members of his family. The core of the estate was a farmstead Webster purchased from Nathaniel Thomas in 1832. Webster was known for his interest in agricultural science, and he made his farm one of the most productive in the area. Webster's house burned down in 1878, but a new house was built on its foundations. The property includes a number of landscape features designed by Webster, as well as the site where his small law office building stood during his lifetime. (The building, now a National Historic Landmark, was moved in 1966 to the property of the Isaac Winslow House, also a museum property.)[2]
The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] It is currently owned by the town of Marshfield and is open for tours during the summer.
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Houses in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Historic house museums in Massachusetts
- Biographical museums in Massachusetts
- Marshfield, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Massachusetts museum stubs