Jeremiah Lee Mansion
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| Jeremiah Lee House | |
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| Location: | Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1768 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Georgian |
| Designated as NHL: | October 9, 1960 |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000766[1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The Jeremiah Lee Mansion (1768) is a nonprofit historic house located at 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is open during the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The mansion is a large wooden house in the Georgian style, with imitation stone ashlar facade, built in 1768 by Colonel Jeremiah Lee, at that time the wealthiest merchant and ship owner in Massachusetts. It was one of the largest and most opulent houses of the late-colonial period in America.
The mansion is now owned by the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society. It contains a notable collection of early American furniture, and many of the mansion's original decorative finishes have been preserved, including rare 18th-century English hand-painted wallpaper, intricate carving in the rococo style, and a grand entry hall and staircase paneled with mahogany. On either side of its landing are copies of the full-length portraits of Jeremiah and Martha Lee by John Singleton Copley.
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- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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