Historic Structures Report, Part II, Architectural Data Section: The Samuel Hartwell House, Minute Man National Historical Park
Carroll OW. 1973. Historic Structures Report, Part II, Architectural Data Section: The Samuel Hartwell House, Minute Man National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Minute Man National Historical Park protects 970 acres in and around the Massachusetts towns of Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, commemorating the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. This Historic Structures Report concerns the Samuel Hartwell House. The report found very strong circumstantial evidence suggesting that the house was built as early as 1693. The report recommends a complete exterior reconstruction of the Samuel Hartwell House to the period of 1775, to be accomplished by incorporating into the new work all of the existing and usable walls, floors, framework, the central chimney, and stone foundation as left by the fire of 1968. This document is a draft or review copy of the section of the Historic Structure Report, with edits and annotations. It is preceded by a memorandum dated October 12, 1973 from the Park Historic Preservation Program (Thomas N Crellin) to Denver Service Center, describing the findings and evaluation of the study. It recommends that the study be expanded to consider alternate treatments to potentially reconstruct the building to an 1830 appearance. Following review of the Historic Structure Report, it was found that there was insufficient documentation or physical evidence to reconstruct the house to the 1775 appearance.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Carroll, Orville
- Date of Issue
- 1973-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- MIMA , NER
- Keywords
- Lexington-Concord, reconstruction, Revolutionary War, Samuel Hartwell
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000930: Sgt. Samuel Hartwell House Site [Shelter]