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Wade House (Ipswich, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°40′36.8″N 70°49′53″W / 42.676889°N 70.83139°W / 42.676889; -70.83139
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Wade House
Wade House (Ipswich, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Wade House (Ipswich, Massachusetts)
Wade House (Ipswich, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Wade House (Ipswich, Massachusetts)
Location9 Woods Ln.,
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°40′36.8″N 70°49′53″W / 42.676889°N 70.83139°W / 42.676889; -70.83139
Built1792
Architectural styleFederal
MPSCentral Village, Ipswich, Massachusetts MRA
NRHP reference No.80000467[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The Wade House is a historic house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story gambrel-roofed central chimney house was built in 1792 by Francis Merrifield, Jr. It was acquired in 1827 by Mary Wade, daughter of local Revolutionary War soldier Nathaniel Wade. It has been in the Wade family since then. The house originally had two rooms downstairs and two upstairs; the rear of the house was added in two stages. A number of period details survive, including the central staircase and paneled doors. Fragments of period wallpaper have also been preserved, and reproduction wallpaper has been used in one of the downstairs rooms.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Wade House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-31.