Thomson, Elihu, House - Swampscott MA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

It is a National Historic Landmark and currently serves as Swampscott Town Hall, it is right next to the public library and directly across from a Chabad Lubavich synagogue.

The house was designed by architect James Kelly for the noted inventor, electrical engineer, and industrialist Elihu Thomson who was, with Thomas Edison, co-founder of General Electric Company. The house was built with an observatory, no longer extant.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976

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Street address: 33 Elmwood Ave Swampscott , MA County / Borough / Parish: Essex Year listed: 1976 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person Periods of significance: 5-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/15/2009 nomadwillie visited it