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About. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the General Artemas Ward Museum was the family home of the First Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution. It stands on the Old Post Road in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, thirty-five miles west of Boston. The house was built as a small salt-box between 1720 and 1730 in the new ...
The collection is a remarkable research resource both in its significant objects, and in its extraordinary documentation of everyday home and farm life over two centuries. Photographs of the General Artemas Ward House Museum include building exteriors, room views, photographs, portraits, furniture, farm equipment, and other objects,.
Ward died on October 28, 1800, in Shrewsbury. Harvard, his alma mater, owns his homestead and maintains it as a memorial. His son Artemas Ward, Jr.—one of eight children he had with wife Sarah Trowbridge—was also active in politics. (1727–1800). Until the arrival of George Washington, General Artemas Ward served as chief commander at the ...
Artemas Ward Jr. (January 9, 1762 – October 7, 1847), like his father, Artemas Ward, was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He served in the Thirteenth Congress and Fourteenth Congress (1813–1817). He was a member of the Federalist Party. Biography. Ward was born in Shrewsbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on January ...
This portrait of Revolutionary War general Artemas Ward (1727-1800), commissioned by Ward's grandson Nahum Wood circa 1830-1840, is by Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Sully copied an original portrait painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1794-1795 but Sully's portrait depicts General Ward in his military uniform. Artemas Ward was born in Shrewsbury ...
32 Artemas Ward Dr is a 3,069 square foot house on a 0.77 acre lot with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home is currently off market. Based on Redfin's Fuquay Varina data, we estimate the home's value is $549,575. Single-family.
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