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Tenney Castle Gatehouse
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| Location: | Methuen, Massachusetts |
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| Built: | 1840 |
| Architect: | C. Willis Damon |
| Architectural style: | Queen Anne |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Methuen MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
84002438 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 20, 1984 |
The Tenney Castle Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse at 37 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984.
The Gatehouse, was originally a two-story rough stone farm house built by Richard Whittier between August and November 1830. In April 1882, it was purchased by neighboring wealthy Methuen industrialist Charles H. Tenney. It was redesigned in 1883 by Architect C. Willis Damon into a gatehouse for the 76-acre (310,000 m2) Tenney estate known as Grey Court.[2]
In 1951, the Tenney family gave 26 acres (110,000 m2) to the town for Tenney High School (now Tenney Grammar School) and sold the rest to the Basilian Salvatorian Order. From 1977-1978 a series of fires eventually destroyed the mansion. The Gatehouse and the Stock House or Stables are all that remain standing.
It is currently home to the Methuen Historical Society.
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