Capt. Benjamin James House

      Capt. Benjamin James House
      Capt. Benjamin James House is located in Massachusetts
      Location: Scituate, Massachusetts
      Coordinates: 42°10′37″N 70°44′35″W / 42.17694°N 70.74306°W / 42.17694; -70.74306Coordinates: 42°10′37″N 70°44′35″W / 42.17694°N 70.74306°W / 42.17694; -70.74306
      Built: 1700
      Architectural style: No Style Listed
      Governing body: Private
      NRHP Reference#:

      83004095

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      Added to NRHP: November 29, 1983

      Capt. Benjamin James House is an historic house at 301 Driftway in Scituate, Massachusetts.

      The house was built in 1700 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Benjamin James House is now the Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum, owned and maintained by the Scituate Historical Society. There are exhibits of the mossing industry, ship building on the North River, shipwrecks, life saving. Open Sunday afternoons, 1-4 p.m. Sept through June. Sat and Sun, July and August.

      Last modified on 9 January 2013, at 01:55