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Auld Lang Syne is one of the oldest houses on the island
Auld Lang Syne is one of the oldest houses on the island Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...
and is located at 6 Broadway in Siasconset
Siasconset is a census designated place (CDP) at the eastern end of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States with an elevation of 52 feet (16 m), and a population of 205 at the 2010 census. Although unincorporated, the village has ...
. The oldest part of the house was constructed around 1675 making it possibly older than the more well-known, Jethro Coffin House
The Oldest House on Sunset Hill, also known as the Jethro Coffin House, was built in 1686 and is believed to be the oldest residence on Nantucket still on its original site. The island's English population at the time totaled several hundred, ...
. Auld Lang Syne was constructed
''by Michael r MicahCoffin, who employed Native Americans to fish for him while he remained ashore to do the cooking. The house grew from a rectangular structure with a great room and two small chambers to the south. In the eighteenth century it evolved into a T-plan structure with low shed-roof extensions. It was expanded in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with warts on the south side, a kitchen at the north side, and a shed.''''A Walk Down Broadway A Self-Guided Walking Tour through 'Sconset's Historic Core,'' p. 21 https://www.nantucketpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SconsetTour.pdfSome had speculated that the house was moved to the current location from an earlier location at a
fishing village
A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 m ...
in Pedee near Quidnet, but there's no evidence to support this."Is Nantucket's oldest house really in 'Sconset?," NAREB News July 15, 2011 p. 1-14 https://issuu.com/nareb-online/docs/july14/14 The house was owned by Captain Henry Coleman and his heir
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s from the eighteenth century to 1937 when it was acquired by architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
Sartain Smith and then his heir Mishi Kamiya and then her sister Matsuko (Dorothy) Suga. In the early 1990s Max Johnson then purchased and restored the house which was then in deteriorating condition and near collapse; Sam Daniel bought the house in 2002.See also
*List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
This article lists the oldest buildings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Massachusetts and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate (indicated with a "") and b ...
References
{{Coord, 41.262581, -69.963855, display=title Buildings and structures in Nantucket, Massachusetts Houses completed in 1675