Asie Swan House

The Asie Swan House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built c. 1720, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is a 1-1/2 story frame house, five bays wide, with clapboard siding, central chimney, and granite foundation. Its central entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The house originally stood at a location on Prospect Hill in what is now Lawrence, where it was used for the first town meetings beginning in 1726. It was moved in 1808 to its present location.[2]

Asie Swan House
House at 559 Prospect in 2008
Location669 Prospect Street,
Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°44′26″N 71°10′1″W
Built1720
Architectural styleColonial
MPSMethuen MRA
NRHP reference No.84002437[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1984

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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