Smuggler's House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. It is a 1+12-story Cape style farmhouse, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, a chimney that is slightly off-center, and a pair of gabled dormers. Its main entry is flanked by pilasters and topped by a five-light transom window. The house was built c. 1800, and is substantially unaltered. It was supposedly used as a place to store smuggled goods during the War of 1812.[2]

Smuggler's House
Smuggler's House is located in Massachusetts
Smuggler's House
Smuggler's House is located in the United States
Smuggler's House
Location361 Pearse Road,
Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°44′5″N 71°13′26″W / 41.73472°N 71.22389°W / 41.73472; -71.22389
Built1800
Architectural styleFederal
MPSSwansea MRA
NRHP reference No.90000065[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Smuggler's House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-27.