Jeremiah Lee Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jeremiah Lee House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = The Jeremiah Lee Mansion
location= Marblehead, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 30
lat_seconds = 12
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 51
long_seconds = 6
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1768
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated=October 9, 1960
added = October 15, 1966
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000766cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Jeremiah Lee Mansion (1768) is a nonprofit historic house located at 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is open during the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The mansion is a large wooden house in the Georgian style, with imitation stone ashlar facade, built in 1768 by Colonel Jeremiah Lee, at that time the wealthiest merchant and ship owner in Massachusetts. It was one of the largest and most opulent houses of the late-colonial period in America.

The mansion is now owned by the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society. It contains a notable collection of early American furniture, and many of the mansion's original decorative finishes have been preserved, including rare 18th-century English hand-painted wallpaper, intricate carving in the rococo style, and a grand entry hall and staircase paneled with mahogany. On either side of its landing are copies of the full-length portraits of Jeremiah and Martha Lee by John Singleton Copley.

References

See also

* Historic New England
* List of historic houses in Massachusetts

External links

* [http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/LeeMansion.htm Jeremiah Lee Mansion]