Capt. Benjamin James House
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Capt. Benjamin James House
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The Capt. Benjamin James House is a historic First Period house, now a museum, at 301 Driftway in Scituate, Massachusetts. The oldest part of this 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1700 by Captain Benjamin James. During the 18th century it was enlarged to its present five-bay saltbox configuration. After James' death in 1788, the house was used by the town as a "pest house", isolating smallpox victims there. The house is now home of the Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum, owned and main
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Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._Benjamin_James_House
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2024-04-16T01:48:26Z
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