Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . HOUSE IN PLYMOUTH, ber when several of these buildings had Dutchovens and chimneys built on the outside. 73 The oldest house now standing is the so-calledDoten house on Sandwich Street, about half a milefrom the centre of the town. It was built in 1660 byWilliam Harlow, and in 1773 was owned by NathanielDoten from whom it descended to heirs who still holdit. Among other old houses still remaining are theLeach house, on Summer Street, built in 1679; theRowland house, 1666; Coles blacksmith shop,1684; the Shurtleff house, 169S; the C
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . HOUSE IN PLYMOUTH, ber when several of these buildings had Dutchovens and chimneys built on the outside. 73 The oldest house now standing is the so-calledDoten house on Sandwich Street, about half a milefrom the centre of the town. It was built in 1660 byWilliam Harlow, and in 1773 was owned by NathanielDoten from whom it descended to heirs who still holdit. Among other old houses still remaining are theLeach house, on Summer Street, built in 1679; theRowland house, 1666; Coles blacksmith shop,1684; the Shurtleff house, 169S; the Crowe house, r. WILLIAM HARLOW HOUSE, 1677. Built of tirnbtr ffom old Bunul Hill Fort. 1664; and the William Harlow house. Iniilt in 1677,partly of the material of the old fort on liurial Winslow house on North Street is a goodexample of the colonial style of architecture. It wasbuilt about 1754 by Edward Winslow, who was a great-grandson of Cov. Winslow of tlie colony. He pur-chased the land from Consider, a grandson of John 7^ Howlancl, who was one of the Mayflower pas-sengers. It is now owned and occupied by W. Briggs, of Cambridge, as a summer resi-dence. As a Summer Resort* Viewed simply as the landing-place of the Pilgrims,Plymouth has an interest which attaches to no otherspot in America. The number of visitors from allparts of the country increases with each year, as his-toric sentiment becomes more widespread and facili-ties for travel are multiplied. It is estimated thatfifty thousand strangers visit the town every is not alone on account of its history that Pl
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