Fairbanks House (Dedham, Massachusetts)

	Fairbanks House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Fairbanks House in 2013
	Interactive map showing the location of Fairbanks House
Location	511 East Street, Dedham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′36″N 71°10′04″W / 42.24333°N 71.16778°W
Built	ca. 1641
NRHP reference No.	66000367
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	October 9, 1960

The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641,^[1]^[2] making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Puritan settler Jonathan Fairbanks constructed the farm house for his wife Grace (née Smith) and their family. It was occupied and passed down through eight generations of the family until the early 20th century. The original portion was expanded over several centuries, as architectural styles changed and the family grew.

Today the Fairbanks house is operated as a historic house museum by the Fairbanks Family in America, a member-based non-profit organization. The Family Association has preserved, studied, and interpreted their ancestral home and its collections for over 110 years. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

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