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Remarkably intact for over 300 years (Saugus, Massachusetts) Boardman House, a national historic landmark, was built in 1692 for the family of William Boardman. With the majority of the original structure still intact, the house remains unaltered from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Boardman House provides an exceptional opportunity ...
The Boardman House, also known as the Scotch-Boardman House or the Bennett-Boardman House, is a historic house located at 17 Howard Street, Saugus, Massachusetts. Built in 1692, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 because of the remarkable amount of original building material still present in the house.
- 0.75-acre (0.30 ha)
- November 5, 1961
- 1692
- 17 Howard Street, Saugus, Massachusetts
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May 5, 2020 · The 2nd oldest house in Saugus, the Boardman House, was built in 1692, just 72 years after the pilgrims landed in Plymouth. The Boardman House is an example of early New England architecture that exhibited exposed and decorated structural carpentry, and that evolved from English Post-medieval architecture transferred to New England by the early settlers.…
Saugus, Massachusetts Built in 1692 for the family of William Boardman, a joiner, Boardman House survives remarkably intact from its original construction. With the exception of minor structural stabilization and repairs, the house remains unaltered since the early eighteenth century, providing an exceptional opportunity to view seventeenth ...
The house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Historic New England owns it and opens to the public from June to October on the first Saturday of the month. Boardman House. 17 Howard Street. Saugus, Massachusetts 01906. Compiled by Kathy Alexander / Legends of America, updated February 2024.
The lean-to at the back was added to the house sometime before 1696, when Boardman died at the age of thirty-eight. Descendants of the Boardman family owned the house and lived in it until 1911. 17 Howard Street, Saugus, MA 01906
Oct 28, 2010 · The Boardman House in Saugus is believed to have been built around 1687 (or as late as 1692) by William Boardman, a Boston-trained joiner. The house is sometimes referred to as the Scotch House because it was later confused with an earlier building on the site that once housed indentured Scottish prisoners who worked at the Saugus Iron Works.
