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Tour of Winslow Crocker House Video

Bob tours the Winslow Crocker House in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, with Peter Gittelman of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. The house, built in the 1770s, is an excellent example of Colonial style architecture with its symmetrical facade, uniform pattern of windows, center chimney on a gabled roof, and classical details over the door and windows. The house, originally built in a nearby village, was brought to its present site in 1936 by Mary Thacher who restored and modified it somewhat with Colonial Revival good intent. Inside the house Mary Thacher made a number of cosmetic changes — most notably removing all the paint throughout — which, while appealing to her Colonial Revival tastes, were completely unauthentic. Bob notes that the original White Pine paneling on the walls was created using boards that are in some cases nearly three feet wide.

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