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Paul Cuffe Farm

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76: 962: 101: 59: 974: 506: 951: 269:-story wood-frame structure, resting on a granite foundation, with two interior brick chimneys rising from the gabled roof. Construction of the house is estimated to have been around 1780, based on architectural analysis of its chimneys. The property also has evidence of wooden-pile wharves of similar antiquity, and submerged granite blocks which suggest a stone pier may have once been located there. 108: 83: 280:
designation in 1974, subsequent research by local historians has cast doubt on this attribution. Although Cuffe was known to own land in this area, and may have used the wharves on this property in his merchant business, the documented ownership history of this parcel does not include him. Between
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1748 and 1884 the property was under the continuous ownership of members of the Tripp family. It is possible that Cuffe's son-in-law lived here briefly.
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ancestry. Cuffe was active in promoting the idea of returning African Americans to Africa, making a voyage to what is now
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in 1811 to support a fledgling colony there. The farm was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
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The farmstead is located in rural southern Westport, on the western bank of the East Branch
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts
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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Paul Cuffe (1759–1815) was born to an African father and a
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Paul Cuffe Farm is located in Massachusetts
Paul Cuffe Farm is located in the United States
Westport, Massachusetts
41°32′57″N 71°4′6″W / 41.54917°N 71.06833°W / 41.54917; -71.06833
74000394
National Historic Landmark
Westport, Massachusetts
Paul Cuffe
African American
Native American
Sierra Leone
Westport River
Paul Cuffe
National Historic Landmark
Wampanoag
Cuttyhunk Island
Albert Gallatin
James Madison
List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts


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