Deane Winthrop House

The Deane Winthrop House is an historic house at 34 Shirley Street in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Deane Winthrop (1623–1704) was the sixth son of the second colonial governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop.

Deane Winthrop House
Deane Winthrop House is located in Massachusetts
Deane Winthrop House
Deane Winthrop House is located in the United States
Deane Winthrop House
Location34 Shirley St., Winthrop, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′57″N 70°58′42″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1675
Architectural styleColonial, First Period
MPSFirst Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.90000162[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 09, 1990

The oldest part of the house was built about 1675 with an addition made in 1696. It is currently owned by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association and is open to visitors by appointment. This building is one of the oldest wood frame houses in the country and is the oldest continuously lived in home in the United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. In 2009, an addition was made to the barn to store Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association artifacts and documents.[2] Originally thought to have been constructed earlier, a dendrochronology survey of the tree rings in 2002 confirmed that the earliest part of the house was built in 1675.[3]

Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Governor John Winthrop and his sons.

The coat of arms displayed on the Deane Winthrop House are the arms of Deane's father, Governor John Winthrop, and thus it was also used by his sons. The Winthrop coat of arms is additionally used by Winthrop House at Harvard University. The arms were reportedly confirmed by the College of Arms, London, to Governor Winthrop's paternal uncle in 1592. The heraldic blazon of arms is: Argent three chevronels Gules overall a lion rampant Sable.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Deane Winthrop House writes new chapter with a new addition – Winthrop Transcript".
  3. "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - Deane Winthrop House - Massachusetts".
  4. "Arms of the Founders and Leaders of European Settlements in the Present-Day United States". www.americanheraldry.org/. American Heraldry Society. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

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