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The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in
Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth ( ; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in and the county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklor ...
and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636.Richard Sparrow House History
/ref> He was granted a tract of land in 1636 on which he later built the house. Sparrow moved to
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in 1653. The Richard Sparrow House was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1974. It is now operated as a house museum and art gallery and is part of Plymouth Village Historic District.


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Sparrow House Website
Houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts Historic house museums in Massachusetts Museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth Colony Houses completed in 1640 National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts British colonial architecture in the United States Colonial architecture in Massachusetts 1640 establishments in Plymouth Colony Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts First period houses in Massachusetts (1620–1659) {{Massachusetts-museum-stub