5-418: Balch House may refer to: John Balch House , Beverly, Massachusetts Oscar B. Balch House , Oak Park, Illinois Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio) , Cincinnati, Ohio Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Balch House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-405: A popular preservation architect, to evaluate the house. After finding original rafters in the attic, he recommended that the back lean-to be ripped off and the southern half of the house be dismantled. This plan was eventually modified to expose and recreate the roofline of the original story and a half structure. Thus today's house has been heavily shaped by intentional restoration. In 1932, the home
15-585: Is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in the United States . It is now operated as one of the historic house museums of Historic Beverly, and open seasonally. John Balch gained title to the land on November 11, 1635, through the "Thousand Acre Grant" and apparently was living on this property by 1636. This was the date assigned to the house by the Beverly Historic Society. Architectural historians, including Abbott Lowell Cummings ,
20-638: The leading expert on early New England architecture, were only sure that the Balch House was a seventeenth-century house. In 2006, dendrochronological analysis dated the earliest portion (the right-hand side) to 1679. The southern portion of the house was built in 1721. The house remained within the Balch family until 1916, though with periods of tenant rental. It was then acquired by the Balch Family Association. They hired Norman Isham ,
25-448: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balch_House&oldid=1127631454 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Balch House The John Balch House , located at 448 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts ,
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