Jabez Howland House

The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Jabez Howland House
LocationPlymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°57′16″N 70°39′47″W
Built1667
NRHP reference No.74002032[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 9, 1974

The oldest portion of this two-story wood-frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell (son of Pilgrim Experience Mitchell) in 1667, and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims. The Jabez Howland House was owned as a private residence until 1915. Extensive restoration of the property took place in the 1940s to return it to its 17th-century appearance.[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

The Pilgrim John Howland Society owns and operates the house as a historic house museum that has been restored and decorated with 17th-century period furnishings. The house is open for tours from mid-June through the end of October.

  • Howland House on Thanksgiving 2009
  • ca. 1921 photo of the Howland House before an addition was added to the rear of the house
  • Early postcard of Howland House

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Jabez Howland House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-24.


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