File:Historic American Buildings Survey Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard, Photographer June 1965 ATTIC, STAIRS TO SCUTTLE - Swain-Mitchell House, 1 Vestal Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, HABS MASS,10-NANT,25-8.tif

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Historic American Buildings Survey Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard, Photographer June 1965 ATTIC, STAIRS TO SCUTTLE - Swain-Mitchell House, 1 Vestal Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
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Historic American Buildings Survey Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard, Photographer June 1965 ATTIC, STAIRS TO SCUTTLE - Swain-Mitchell House, 1 Vestal Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Description
Swain, Hezekiah
Depicted place Massachusetts; Nantucket County; Nantucket
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS MASS,10-NANT,25-8
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Excellent example of the typical Nantucket house that is apparently indigenous to Nantucket and was built between c. 1770 and c. 1830, characterized by a lack of symmetry, four bays, off-center doorway and chimney, variance in window widths, and is the predominant domestic building type in Nantucket town. The Swain-Mitchell House was erected in 1790 by Hezekiah Swain. In 1818 it was acquired by Wm. Mitchell. His daughter, Maria, the astronomer, was born in the house later in the same year. About 1850 the house passed into the hands of William's younger brother, Peleg, from whose heirs it was acquired by the newly-formed Maria Mitchell Association in 1902. The house was enlarged by the addition of a new kitchen in 1825; the summer kitchen c. 1850; the observatory, 1908; the study, 1922; and staff quarters, 1933.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-218
  • Survey number: HABS MA-901
  • Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0420.photos.074339p
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