The 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1753 by Jonathan Temple, whose family lived all along Summer Street.

Among his changes was to turn the original building 90 degrees and raise its foundation.

Oscar Foote, a locally prominent real estate developer and businessman, bought the house in 1863.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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