Rufus Choate House Explained

Rufus Choate House
Location:	Salem, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	42.5225°N -70.8967°W
Built:	1787
Architecture:	Federal
Added:	November 12, 1982
Refnum:	82000481

The Rufus Choate House is a historic house at 14 Lynde Street in Salem, Massachusetts.^[1] It is primarily recognized for its association with lawyer and Federalist Party politician Rufus Choate (1799-1859), who lived here from about 1825 to 1834. It is a three-story Federal style wood-frame house that was built in 1805 by Ebenezer Beckford, a Salem merchant and real estate developer. Beckford, and later his same-named son, owned the property until 1841.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

See also

• Downtown Salem District, whose western edge is a few buildings to the east
• Chestnut Street District, which begins a block west at North Street
• Federal Street District, just to the property's north
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

Notes and References

1. http://gohistoric.com/sites/360967
2. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Rufus Choate House. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-01-08.