The Heard-Lakeman House is a historic house at 2 Turkey Shore Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Nathaniel and John Heard built this 2+12-story wood-frame house in 1776 for Nathaniel to live in. He sold it in 1795 to Richard Lakeman III, member of a seafaring family. The house is notable for an extremely large chimney with an arched foundation over 11 feet (3.4 m) long, which supports two large fireplaces. The building was a notable object of restoration during the Colonial Revival in the 1920s.[2]

Heard-Lakeman House
Heard-Lakeman House
Heard-Lakeman House is located in Massachusetts
Heard-Lakeman House
Heard-Lakeman House is located in the United States
Heard-Lakeman House
LocationIpswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°40′35″N 70°50′3″W / 42.67639°N 70.83417°W / 42.67639; -70.83417
Built1776
Architectural styleColonial
MPSCentral Village, Ipswich, Massachusetts MRA
NRHP reference No.80000441 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,[1] and is subject to local preservation restrictions.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Heard-Lakeman House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-02.