Gilman Garrison House

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Gilman Garrison House
Location 12 Water St., Exeter, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°58′50″N 70°56′42″W / 42.98056°N 70.94500°W / 42.98056; -70.94500Coordinates: 42°58′50″N 70°56′42″W / 42.98056°N 70.94500°W / 42.98056; -70.94500
Built ca. 1700
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 76000131[1]
Added to NRHP September 27, 1976

Gilman Garrison House is a historic house at 12 Water Street in Exeter, New Hampshire owned by Historic New England, which operates the home as a house museum.

Councillor John Gilman, a proprietor of sawmills and member of a prominent early Exeter family involved in shipping,[2] built the log house around 1700 and fortified it for protection.[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1][4][5]

Second story interior view of Gilman Garrison House showing original squared logs of the original garrison house

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  2. Time and Tide, Exeter.edu
  3. The Gilman Garrison, The Gilmans of Exeter, Nancy Merrill, seacoastnh.com
  4. Official Website (accessed November 15, 2008)
  5. New Hampshire By Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (Globe Pequot, 2007) pg. 19 accessed on Google Book Search on November 17, 2008

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