Abraham Adams House, house in Newbury, Massachusetts
The Abraham Adams House is an early home in Newbury, Massachusetts, built in the First Period architectural style and covered with clapboard siding. The building features two full stories and a half story with a central chimney, steep gable roof, and solid oak frame, while a later addition at the back extended the structure and created an overall I-like shape.
The house was built around 1705 or 1707 and embodies the First Period architectural style that defined early English colonial settlements in New England. Its structure and construction techniques document how colonists in this region built their homes using local materials and craftspeople skills.
The house bears the name of its builder Abraham Adams, a farmer and sea captain whose family connections linked him to early Massachusetts leadership through his wife's grandfather Samuel Sewall. The craftsmanship visible inside, such as the chamfered oak beams, shows how building skills were developing during this period and reflects the growing capabilities of early colonists.
The house can be viewed from the outside and offers a clear look at its original features such as the gable roof, clapboard siding, and central chimney. The quiet residential setting in Newbury makes it easy to spend time nearby and observe the architecture from different angles.
The original land was known as 'High Fields' because of the extensive hay meadows that surrounded it before the area was later divided into a neighborhood of homes and roads. This earlier rural landscape has since vanished, but the house's location still echoes that open field setting.
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