Hart House (Ipswich, Massachusetts)

A dendrochronology survey in 2007 proved that the earliest portion of the "Hart" house dates to 1680 when it was built by a newly married Samuel Hart, a tanner.

For many years it was thought to date to 1640 as the home of his father, Thomas Hart.

[1] The house as originally built was a two-and-one half story single room plan house, with a chimney bay on the east end.

Two full interior rooms from the original structure were purchased in the 1930s by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (purchased a downstairs room) and Delaware's Winterthur Museum (purchased an upstairs room) as exhibits.

[1] The Hart House now serves as a tavern and restaurant in Ipswich.