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Cushing House Museum and Garden

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The house is a center entrance four-story brick mansion in the Federal style, with entrances at both the front and sides, and two chimneys on each side. In shape it is a flattened cube, with five windows arranged symmetrically across both front and sides. Its main entry is crowned with a modest
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portrait of Margaret Cushing and 1801 paintings by John Brewster, Jr., of Newburyport's Prince family. The museum also maintains a collection of area maps, photographs, and genealogical references.
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decorative arts including four Chinese coastal Hong paintings. An extensive clock collection includes examples made by local master clockmakers David Wood and
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Within the house are fine collections of silver, furniture, portraits, clocks, needlework, antique fans, hatboxes, nineteenth century toys, and more from
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in 1984. The house is deemed nationally significant for its association with Cushing, a 19th-century diplomat whose defining achievement was the
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It is now the home of the Historical Society of Old Newbury and guided tours are offered between Memorial Day and Columbus Day.
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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Massachusetts
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Vintage postcard of the front door of Cushing House, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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The house was declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the
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mansion with a fine garden located at 98 High Street,
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
Cushing House Museum and Garden is located in Massachusetts
Cushing House Museum and Garden is located in the United States
Newburyport, Massachusetts
42°48′24″N 70°52′16″W / 42.80667°N 70.87111°W / 42.80667; -70.87111
Newburyport Historic District
ID84002411
73000327
Federal style
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Caleb Cushing
National Historic Landmark
fanlight
New England
China Trade
Daniel Balch
Cecilia Beaux
National Register of Historic Places
Newburyport Historic District
Treaty of Wanghia
Qing dynasty
China
United Kingdom

National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

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