The Cadman-White-Handy House

Preserving and protecting Westport’s most significant historical property for the benefit of our entire community Overview of the Project The Westport Historical Society faces an exciting challenge: the opportunity to purchase and preserve – for the benefit of the entire community – one of Westport’s most significant colonial-era houses. Known as the Cadman-White-Handy House (and […]

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The Handy House in the news

The Cadman-White-Handy House has attracted the attention of the local press for many years. Included here are links to recent articles and some from several years ago! http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-05/01-04-05/a07lo437.htm http://www.heraldnews.com/highlight/x1005403248/Westports-historic-Handy-House-put-on-the-market http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1794936149/Historical-Society-wants-to-make-this-very-old-house-its-new-home

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What is unique about the architecture of the Cadman-White-Handy House?

The Cadman-White-Handy House is on both the state register for historic places and the National Register. The State Register listing provides detailed information about the unique architectural features of the house, includes photographs of many of these features, as well as a summary of the significance and history of the property. You can download the document WSP.52 as a PDF.

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National Register

Handy House National Register nomination part 1 Download file Description Located in the southern part of Bristol County the Cadman-White-Handy House includes the three part, seven bay dwelling built in three stages from ca. 1710 to 1825, related out buildings and approximately two acres of a larger parcel.Situated in the Town of Westport in the […]

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Recent Archaeological Excavations at the Waite-Kirby-Potter Site

This project was supported by Community Preservation Act funds granted by Westport Community Preservation Committee http://www.westport-ma.com/cpc/index.html Project work completed by Christa M. Beranek and Katharine M. Johnson Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, University of Massachusetts Boston Introduction The Waite-Kirby-Potter House has long been considered important as one of Westport’s oldest buildings, and it is depicted […]

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