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Dwight-Henderson House
The Dwight-Henderson House is a historic house at 390 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is the second oldest house in Great Barrington, built in 1759 for Joseph Dwight, a brigadier in the colonial militia, by local builder Daniel Allen. The saltbox home was originally built into a slope, and had three stories on the front and one in the rear. The house as been moved twice, but remains within of its original site. The second move, the foundation that formed the wall for the original first floor, so it now presents only two stories in front.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MACRIS inventory record for Dwight-Henderson House )〕
The house is notable for several historical associations. In addition to General Dwight, who was also town moderator and selectman, and a county judge, the houses notable guests include British General John Burgoyne, who surrendered his army after the Battles of Saratoga in 1777, and spent several days here while en route to the Boston area as a prisoner. It is also the house were poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant was married; he was a guest of the owner, Allen Henderson.〔
Since then, the house has seen a variety of uses. It served for a time as housing for the nearby Berkshire Motor Inn, and now houses professional offices.〔 The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,〔 and included as a contributing property to the Taconic and West Avenues Historic District in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Taconic and West Avenues Historic District )〕
==See also==
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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