Prentis House

Prentis House (HM228T)

Location: Shelburne, VT 05482 Chittenden County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 22.569', W 73° 13.867'

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1773 · Hadley, Massachusetts

—Original Owner: John Dickinson · Moved to Museum: 1955 —

This two-story saltbox home is built around a massive central chimney with seven flues that meet on the second floor in a beehive-shaped form. John Dickinson built Prentis House on four acres where he and his family farmed broomcorn.
Prentis House is named for Katharine Prentis Murphy, a well-known mid-century antique collector who furnished the house with 17th- and 18th-century decorative arts. Similar to the installation in Stencil House, the Prentis House exhibit reflects efforts to recreate a particular Colonial Revival aesthetic in period rooms.
Prentis and Stencil Houses are open for guided tours only.
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HM NumberHM228T
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Placed ByThe Shelburne Museum
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Date Added Monday, October 23rd, 2017 at 4:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 640920 N 4915173
Decimal Degrees44.37615000, -73.23111667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 22.569', W 73° 13.867'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 22' 34.14" N, 73° 13' 52.02" W
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Area Code(s)802
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 114-134 Shelburne Museum 2, Shelburne VT 05482, US
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