Great House
Historic house in Massachusetts, United States in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Castle Hill is a 56,881 sq ft (5,284.4 m2) mansion in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which was completed in 1928 as a summer home for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Teller Crane, Jr. It is also the name of the 165-acre (67 ha) drumlin surrounded by sea and salt marsh that the home was built atop. Both are part of the 2,100-acre (850 ha) Crane Estate, located on Argilla Road. The estate includes the historic mansion, 21 outbuildings, and landscapes overlooking Ipswich Bay on the seacoast off Route 1, north of Boston. Its name derives from a promontory in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, from which many early Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers immigrated.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | E of Ipswich on Argilla Rd., Ipswich vicinity, MA |
| County | Essex County |
| Listed | Dec 2, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77000183 |
| Type of place | estate |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 9 buildings, 5 structures, 1 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | E of Ipswich on Argilla Rd., Ipswich, MA |
| Coordinates | 42.68539, -70.77906 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Salem Maritime National Historical Park · 13 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000183. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.