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 Every Historic Nantucket House has a history, do you know yours? Who walked up from the wharf on a summer day in 1836 and opened the door to your house? Was he a merchant, a mariner, a cordwainer, a schoolmaster? Quaker or Congregationalist? How many children greeted him? Was his wife next door visiting her sister? Perhaps he had a book from the newly organized Atheneum in his hand, or a copy of the Inquirer. Maybe he was returning after three years at sea, with a camphor trunk full of curiosities… A House History will provide details of the lives lived in your historic Nantucket house. The 1833 map drawn by William Coffin, Jr. shows the footprint of your house, with a small ell on the north side. By 1887 that ell was removed and a porch was added to the south side, as depicted on the Sanborn Insurance Map for that year. A photograph taken in 1896 shows a small window on the second floor that disappeared sometime before 1923. A House History will follow the evolution of your house as revealed by historic maps and photographs. Thoroughly researched, beautifully hand bound, illustrated with drawings, historic photographs and maps, a Nantucket Preservation Trust House History gives you a picture of your house through time, from its origin in the 18th or 19th century to its present incarnation as your home. Deeds, probate and cemetery records, family papers, town records, newspapers and census records are just a sampling of the sources investigated for clues to the history of your house and its inhabitants. The visual record of the evolution of your house will be presented through 19th and 20th century photographs and maps from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association, plot plans from the Nantucket Registry of Deeds office, and original line drawings. NPT has two types of house histories, each printed in hard cover. As part of the Nantucket Preservation Trust’s educational mission, copies of the histories produced by NPT are presented to the Nantucket Historical Association and the Nantucket Atheneum, for inclusion in their research collections. Please contact the NPT office for a brochure and more information on the house history program. |
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