Gen. Israel Putnam House | |
 Putnam House, front view | |
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| Location | 431 Maple St.,Danvers, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°34′57″N70°58′2″W / 42.58250°N 70.96722°W /42.58250; -70.96722 |
| Built | ca. 1648 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000235[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 30, 1976 |
TheGeneral Israel Putnam House inDanvers, Massachusetts,United States, is a historicFirst Period house recorded in theNational Register of Historic Places. The house is also sometimes known as theThomas Putnam House after Lt. Thomas Putnam (1615–1686), who built the home circa 1648. His grandson,Israel Putnam, the famous general of theAmerican Revolution, was born in the house.[2] Lt. Thomas Putnam was the father of Sgt.Thomas Putnam Jr., (Israel's half-uncle), a notorious figure in theSalem witch trials. The Putnam House is now owned by the Emerson Family, the same owners of Putnam Pantry.
The house was built on 100 acres (40 ha) of farmland owned by Lt.Thomas Putnam, and occupied by the Putnam family for over three centuries. In 1692,Joseph Putnam, the resident of the house at that time, spoke out against the hysteria of theSalem witch trials. His son, Major GeneralIsrael Putnam, commander of the colonial troops at theBattle of Bunker Hill, was born in the house on January 7, 1718. In 1991, the Putnam family descendants gave the property to the Danvers Historical Society.[3]
The original house has been augmented by repeated additions. Today, it consists of an irregular 2½ story frame structure, with clapboards and with a pitch roof over one part of the house and gambrel roof over another. It is located at 431 Maple Street, behind Putnam Pantry, a candy and ice cream shop opened by the family onU.S. Route 1.
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