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Puritan House

Coordinates: 42°36′41.6″N 70°39′58.5″W / 42.611556°N 70.666250°W / 42.611556; -70.666250
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Puritan House
2 Main Street
Puritan House is located in Massachusetts
Puritan House
Puritan House is located in the United States
Puritan House
LocationGloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°36′41.6″N 70°39′58.5″W / 42.611556°N 70.666250°W / 42.611556; -70.666250
Built1810
ArchitectColonel James Tappan
NRHP reference No.76000244[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1976

The Puritan House is a historic hotel building at 3 Washington Street and 2 Main Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was the first brick building to be built in the city. It was built in 1810 form James Tappan, a schoolteacher from New Hampshire who once had Daniel Webster as a student. Tappan operated Tappan's Hotel on the premises, and it served as a major social center for the community. Later owners also operated it as a hotel space, including one who gave it the name "Puritan House". It now houses other businesses.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and was included in the Central Gloucester Historic District in 1982.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Puritan House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-24.