Photograph
Jethro Coffin Home
| View of the Jethro Coffin House, also known as the Oldest House, a saltbox house built in 1686. The view through an open door shows a braided rug and chair at the base of stairs curving up to the next floor. The house was built in 1686 as a wedding gift for Jethro Coffin, a blacksmith and the grandson of Tristram Coffin, one of Nantucket Island's original proprietors, and his bride, Mary Gardner. |
| Image ID: | 71155 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Nantucket |
| County: | |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Collection Name: | Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (A6)01040 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| Outdoor photography |
| Dwellings |
| Doors |
| Chairs |
| Stairs |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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