The McKinstrey House is a historic house located at 111 High Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.
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| Location | 111 High St., Taunton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′58″N 71°5′50″W / 41.89944°N 71.09722°W |
| Built | 1759 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| MPS | Taunton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002181 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 5, 1984 |
Description and history
editIt was built in 1759 for surgeon William McKinstry, born in Ellington, Connecticut. He was a Tory in the Revolution, and died of tuberculosis on a ship in Boston Harbor at the evacuation of Boston in 1776. The house and property were confiscated by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1779. The 2-story brick-end house is arranged on a symmetrical 5-bay plan with a hipped roof framed by four interior chimneys.[2]
He is mentioned in the Diary of John Adams (June 1771). In June 1763, the house was the scene of a grisly murder where the McKinstrey's sister Elizabeth was murdered by an enslaved man called Bristol.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. It is now the rectory for St. Thomas Episcopal Church, next door.
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