Peter Tufts House
Peter Tufts House | |
Peter Tufts House, Medford, Massachusetts | |
| Location | 350 Riverside Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°24′41.53″N 71°5′36.91″W / 42.4115361°N 71.0935861°W |
| Built | 1677–1680 |
| Architect | Capt. Peter Tufts |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 68000044 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1968 |
| Designated NHL | November 24, 1968 |
The Peter Tufts House (formerly and incorrectly known as the Cradock House) is a Colonial American house located in Medford, Massachusetts. It is thought to have been built between 1677 and 1678. Past historians considered it to be the oldest brick house in the United States, although that distinction belongs to Bacon's Castle, the 1665 plantation home of Virginian Arthur Allen. It is also believed to be, possibly, the oldest surviving house in the U.S. with a gambrel roof.
Its brick walls are 18 inches (0.46 m) thick. Its end chimneys were incorporated into the walls, which is unusual for the time and area of its construction, and its "separate flues are brought together in the gables. The steep main roof slope (51°) is truncated at the top to form one of the earliest-known gambrel roofs."