The Samuel Tarbell-Ames House

Samuel Tarbell-Ames house

The Samuel Tarbell-Ames House is one of the homes located in the National Register of Historic Places, New Ipswich Center Village Historic District. Center village is bounded roughly by Turnpike Road, Porter Hill Road, Main Street, Route 123A, Preston Hill Road, Manley Road and King Road.

This is the description of the #34 property in the National Register:

This large residence was built by Samuel Tarbell Ames (1810-1897), probably around 1890, as he is listed as owner on the 1892 Map. He was a Boston businessman who summered in New Ipswich, presumably before he built this house, as his wife was Mary Hartwell Barr, a daughter of Dr. James Barr, who lived at #33 across Appleton Common, and a sister of George Lyman Barr and Caroline Frances Barr, and whose cousin Elizabeth Keyser, lived at #30. The house then passed to Samuel's son, James Barr Ames (1846-1910), who was an Assistant Professor and Dean of the Harvard Law School. He was esteemed for his teaching and writing on legal matters. He took a great interest in Appleton Academy, serving as Trustee, and his widow donated this house to the Academy in 1912. It served as a boarding house for teachers and students until it reverted to private ownership. For a short time from 1969-74 it again served as a dormitory, when the Academy served as a private boarding school again, before passing into public ownership.

Location 

View of New Ipswich Center Village

This a view of New Ipswich Center village taken from the Country Club. The Tarbell-Ames house is located on the right side. It is located on the corner of Academy and Manley road. Manley road is visible in this photo, it appears to be flanked with stone walls.

Winter

Tarbell-Ames house in winter

A view of the house in wintertime. It is undated but it appears that the former Appleton Academy building is in the background, so it probably was taken prior to 1941.

July 2015


Tarbell-Ames House in 2015

A "recent" photo taken in July 2015

Tarbell-Ames House in 2015

Another "recent" photo taken in July 2015. 






Location: Academy Rd, New Ipswich, NH 03071, USA

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