Peak House - Medfield MA
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Peak House is a historic house at 347 Main Street in Medfield, Massachusetts.
The house was built in 1677 and added to the National Historic Register in 1975.
Waymark Code: WM5X9Q
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2009
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The Peak House is located at 345 East Main Street (Route 109), at the Pound Street intersection. It is open for tours from 2 - 5 pm Sunday afternoons during the summer and at the annual Pantry Sale the Saturday before Thanksgiving. It was deeded to the Medfield Historical Society on October 18, 1924 by its then-owners, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Smith, after which it received a down-to-the-frame restoration.
The Peak House was originally built about 1668; it was one of 32 houses - half the houses in town - that were burned down February 21, 1676 in King Philip's War. It was rebuilt about 1680 and is one of the earliest surviving examples of Postmedieval English (Elizabethan) architecture in the United States.
Although the Peak House has a footprint of less than 400 square feet, it has three levels plus a more recent basement. Its design allows it to shed snow readily in the winter and keep the lower floors cooler in the summer. The herb garden outside the front door contains plants the colonists are known to have used for medicines and dyes as well as seasonings: sage, marjoram, tansy, basil, chives, thyme, lavender, horehound, and sorrel.
The original owners, Benjamin and Dorcas Clark, lived in this cozy dwelling with their nine children!
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