Prescott, Benjamin Franklin, House - Epping NH
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The Benjamin Franklin Prescott House is a historic house on Prescott Street in Epping, New Hampshire. Built in 1875 for politician Benjamin Franklin Prescott, it is the town's finest example of Second Empire architecture.
Waymark Code: WM17E0Y
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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The Benjamin Franklin Prescott House is a historic house on Prescott Street in Epping, New Hampshire. Built in 1875 for politician (and future Governor of New Hampshire) Benjamin Franklin Prescott, it is the town's finest example of Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

The house was built in 1875 for Benjamin Franklin Prescott, who was then serving in his second term as New Hampshire's Secretary of State. In 1877 he was elected to the first of two consecutive one-year terms as Governor of New Hampshire. Prescott had risen to prominence in the state as the publisher of a leading antislavery newspaper, and he was a noted local historian, serving as vice-president of the state historical society, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of London. His house was sold out of the family in 1903.

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Street address:
Prescott Rd.
Epping, NH


County / Borough / Parish: Rockingham

Year listed: 1987

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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