Benjamin Flagg House

Benjamin Flagg House
Location 136 Plantation St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′1″N 71°47′5″W / 42.35028°N 71.78472°WCoordinates: 42°21′1″N 71°47′5″W / 42.35028°N 71.78472°W
Built 1717
Architectural style Timber-frame Vernacular
Governing body Private
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000620

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

The Benjamin Flagg House is a historic house located at 136 Plantation Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built c. 1717, it is considered the oldest structure in the city. It was home to a number of generations of influential Flaggs, including American Revolutionary War Captain Benjamin Flagg (1724-1818).[2]

According to Caleb Wall's Reminiscences, "Benjamin Flagg commanded the company of militia, who marched with Col. Timothy Bigelow's company of minute men for Lexington, on the alarm, April 18, 1775, afterwards Colonel in the revolutionary serviced, filled important town offices, and died in Worcester, October 8, 1818, aged 95... Col. Flagg's location was on Plantation Street, on a farm of 150 acres..."[3]

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the house was restored in 1997 and remains privately owned.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NRHP nomination for Benjamin Flagg House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  3. ↑ Wall, Caleb. Reminiscences of Worcester. Tyler & Seagrave, 1877