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Choate-Caldwell House
Choate-Caldwell House (also known as the Within These Walls exhibit) is a historic eighteenth-century New England colonial house (c. 1710/1760) that was originally located at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1963 the house was donated and moved to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it is currently on permanent display at the National Museum of American History. It is the largest single artifact in the museum's collections. History in Ipswich Abraham Choate, a farmer and merchant, constructed the timber-framed house in about 1768 and attached part of an older house (circa 1710) to the back of the home to provide additional space for his large family."Choate-Caldwell House" A Revolutionary War Patriot veteran Abraham Dodge acquired the house in 1777 and lived there with his household including Chance Bradstreet, an African American enslaved man. In 1822 abolitionists Josiah and Lucy Caldwell acquired the house and held anti-slavery meetings there. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choate Caldwell House At Within These Walls Exhibit At National Museum Of American History At Smithsonian Institution In Wasington DC House From Ipswich Massachusetts 1
Choate may refer to: Places Canada * Choate, British Columbia, a locality in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada United States * Choate Mental Health and Development Center, a psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois * Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, Connecticut * Choate House (Massachusetts), a historic house on Choate Island in the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex, Massachusetts * Choate Creek, a creek in Michigan * Choate House (Pleasantville, New York), 1867 house converted into a private sanitarium * Choate, Texas, a town * Choate, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Choateville, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Other uses * Choate (law), a legal term * Choate (surname) See also * Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston law firm * Choate House (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |