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Isaac Dillingham House, State Route 6A, Brewster

Isaac Dillingham House, State Route 6A, Brewster, Barnstable County, MA. Surveyed as HABS MASS,1-BREW,5-, with 1 photograph and a 201-word written history.

From the record

“Isaac Dillingham House, State Route 6A, Brewster, Barnstable County, MA”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS MASS,1-BREW,5- · the record runs 201 words · one of 148 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Isaac Dillingham House, State Route 6A, Brewster, Barnstable County, MA, photograph filed with the federal survey

1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.

Present Use

149 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS MASS,1-BREW,5-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Signific ^ance: U.S. Highway Route No. 6A. Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Marie Dillingham. Brewster, Massachusetts. Marie Dillingham. Year round residence. The only known salt box house type this far out on the Cape. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: Not known. 2. Architect: Not known. 3. Original and subsequent owners Not known, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural character: Two-and-one-half-story salt box house type. 2. Condition of fabric: Good. 3. Wall construction: Wooden frame with wooden shingles. h. Openings: Doorways and doors: Classical, pedimented central portal six-panel doors. 5. Windows and shutters: See photographs. ISAAC DILLINGHAM HOUSE HABS No. MA-733 (Page 2) 6.

Roof: Shape and covering: Salt "box with recent second story added at rear. 7. Cornice, eaves: Box cornice: 8. Chimneys: Cape Cod central stack type. Prepared by: Laurence T. Bliss Historian National Park Service Cape Cod Project Summer

In context

Brewster, Massachusetts The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts 301 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above.

Also surveyed in Brewster

4 records

The federal surveyors worked through Brewster building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Captain Elijah Cobb House, photograph filed with the federal surveyCaptain Elijah Cobb HouseHABS MASS,1-BREW,4-597 words
Stony Brook Mill, photograph filed with the federal surveyStony Brook MillHABS MASS,1-BREW,1-368 words
Winslow House, photograph filed with the federal surveyWinslow HouseHABS MASS,1-BREW,2-40 words
Brewster Mill (House), photograph filed with the federal surveyBrewster Mill (House)HABS MASS,1-BREW,3-35 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS MASS,1-BREW,5-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from linked records; page labels and counts are clearly marked as presentation or calculations.