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Burnham-Patch House

Coordinates: 42°40′35″N 70°50′1″W / 42.67639°N 70.83361°W / 42.67639; -70.83361
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Burnham-Patch House
Burnham-Patch House
Burnham-Patch House is located in Massachusetts
Burnham-Patch House
Burnham-Patch House is located in the United States
Burnham-Patch House
LocationIpswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°40′35″N 70°50′1″W / 42.67639°N 70.83361°W / 42.67639; -70.83361
Built1730
Architectural styleColonial
MPSCentral Village, Ipswich, Massachusetts MRA
NRHP reference No.80000452 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The Burnham-Patch House is a historic house at 1 Turkey Shore Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Colonial stands on a plot of land purchased by Thomas Burnham in 1667, occupying a prominent position on Turkey Shore Road, a historically important path to the coast. The house itself appears to have been built around 1730, with evidence that some of its beams were reused from an older, 17th century, structure. Its irregular interior floorplan suggests that it may have been built following the old house's floorplan. The property remained in the Burnham family until 1795, when it was sold to Colonel John Patch, a leading local figure in the American Revolutionary War. In 1814 the house was purchased by Abner Day, who operated a tavern on the premises for many years.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is under a local preservation restriction.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Burnham-Patch House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-31.