Samuel Tenney House
The Samuel Tenney House is an historic house at 65 High Street in Exeter, New Hampshire. This mansion was built circa 1800 as the primary residence of Samuel Tenney, a noted scholar, scientist, physician, American Revolutionary War surgeon, patriot, judge, and member of Congress, and his wife Tabitha Gilman Tenney, the noted early American author.
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| Location | Exeter, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates | 42°58′49″N 70°56′23″W |
| Architect | Ebenezer Clifford with Bradbury Johnson |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000306 |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1980 |
The master carpenter for the house was Ebenezer Clifford working with Bradbury Johnson. At the time, Clifford lived in the Gilman Garrison House, now owned by Historic New England. They also built the First Church, Exeter; the second Phillips Exeter Academy main building; and the Atkinson Academy building.[1]
Mrs. Tenney died in 1837, and the house was later occupied by Tristram Shaw, who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire from 1830 until his death in 1843.[2] In January 1892, Dr. George W. Dearborn purchased the Samuel Tenney House from Frank H. Hervey.[3]
Today the house is located at 65 High Street, having been relocated there in 1893 from its original location in the center of Exeter, next to and north of the First Church on Front Street, to accommodate construction of the Rockingham County Courthouse. On November 25, 1980, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
References
- New Hampshire Architecture: an illustrated guide. Bryant Franklin Tolles, Carolyn K. Tolles, New Hampshire Historical Society. Page 53. UPNE, 1979. accessed 2010.07.06
- Tristram Shaw. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed 2010.07.06
- Tenney Family. By Martha Jane Tenney, Jonathan Tenney. Page 87. Rumford Press, 1904. accessed 2010.07.06
Sources
- Postcards from Exeter by Carol Walker Aten. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Tenney House, Page 90.
- New Hampshire Architecture: an illustrated guide by Bryant Franklin Tolles, Carolyn K. Tolles. New Hampshire Historical Society. UPNE, 1979. Dr. Samuel Tenney House, Page 53.
