General Israel Putnam House

The General Israel Putnam House in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States, is a historic First Period house recorded in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is also sometimes known as the Thomas Putnam House after Lt. Thomas Putnam (1615–1686), who built the home circa 1648. His grandson, Israel Putnam, the famous general of the American Revolution, was born in the house.[2] Lt. Thomas Putnam was the father of Sgt. Thomas Putnam Jr., (Israel's half-uncle), a notorious figure in the Salem witch trials. The Putnam House is now operated by the Danvers Historical Society and open by appointment.

For other Putnam Houses, see Putnam House (disambiguation).
Gen. Israel Putnam House
Putnam House, front view
Location431 Maple St., Danvers, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°34′57″N 70°58′2″W
Builtca. 1648
NRHP reference No.76000235[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1976

Description

The house was built on 100 acres (40 ha) of farmland owned by Lt. Thomas Putnam, and occupied by the Putnam family for over three centuries. In 1692, Joseph Putnam, the resident of the house at that time, spoke out against the hysteria of the Salem witch trials. His son, Major General Israel Putnam, commander of the colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill, was born in the house on January 7, 1718. In 1991 the Putnam family descendants gave the property to the Danvers Historical Society.[3]

The original house has been augmented by repeated additions. Today, it consists of an irregular 2½ story frame structure, with clapboards and with a pitch roof over one part of the house and gambrel roof over another. It is located at 431 Maple Street, behind Putnam Pantry, a candy and ice cream shop opened by the family on U.S. Route 1.

  • East and west elevations.
  • Floor plans.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Hubbard, Robert Ernest. Major General Israel Putnam: Hero of the American Revolution, p. 11, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4766-6453-8.
  3. "The Putnam House". Danvers Historic Society. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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