Tom Thumb House (Middleborough, Massachusetts)

Tom Thumb House
Location Middleborough, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°55′16″N 70°55′8″W / 41.92111°N 70.91889°WCoordinates: 41°55′16″N 70°55′8″W / 41.92111°N 70.91889°W
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Second Empire, Italianate
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

93000298

[1]
Added to NRHP April 16, 1993

The Tom Thumb House is a historic house at 351 Plymouth Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in the 1870s as a summer home for the entertainer and dwarf Charles Stratton, best known by his stage name, General Tom Thumb. It has Second Empire styling, including a mansard roof, paired brackets in the cornice, and paired columns supporting the porch. The interior was built to meet the needs of the 3'4" Stratton and his wife Lavinia, who was also a dwarf; however, few of its miniaturized features have survived.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Tom Thumb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-28.