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Historic house in New Hampshire, United States United States historic place
Lear House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationProvince Rd., Goshen, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°19′23″N 72°7′19″W / 43.32306°N 72.12194°W / 43.32306; -72.12194
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1810 (1810)
MPSPlank Houses of Goshen New Hampshire TR
NRHP reference No.85001317
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1985

The Lear House is a historic house on Province Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1810, it is one of the oldest of a cluster of plank-frame houses in the rural community. Its first owner, Robert Lear, was one of Goshen's first colonial settlers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Description and history

The Lear House is located in a remote rural setting in northern Goshen, on the north side of Province Road, about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east of its junction with Messer Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wooden structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. Its main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically on either side of the main entrance; all of these features are simply framed. The walls are formed out of wooden planks three inches thick, which are placed vertically and stabilized laterally with wooden dowels. A shed-roof dormer extends across most of the front roof face.

The house was built about 1810, and is one of the oldest plank-framed houses in the community. Goshen is home to a regionally distinctive collection of these types of houses. The likely builder and first owner was Robert Lear, one of Goshen's first white settlers. Lear was from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and may have been related to Tobias Lear, the private secretary of George Washington.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Lear House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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