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98 High Street Area I Form no. FORMB - BUILDING Al23 MASSACHUSETTSHISTORICAL COMMISSION a I Newburvport I ! ss 98 High Street ic Name Cushing Hogse Original Residence Present Historical SocietY hip: f,l Private individual Pri.r'at e or gani zation -H :Lglcr :gal Societv cf O]d NeraiburY Pub1ic Original ownet William Hunt IPTION: location in relation to neaxest c.1B0B cross stteets and other buildings Date or geographical features. Indicate north. sourcg crtrr.i ar, ttH"i el-n L Federal- .! Style t{ Unknown v) Architect h Exterior wa11 fabric Brick .v lt Outbuildings Rarn - Shed l-l t6 t4 'STReef .L ? Major alterations (with dates) hip { -, (1863) o@ t1 @'* roof raised .) -j 5 Moved Date Approx. acreage L7 ,]-20 se. ft. Recorded bY Sc Setting o+ NewburvPort's m thorouqhfare noted for its excellent Organization office of Community exampl6s of domestic architecture EeveloPment iltTnq--E om tlie Colonial period Date 09-13-80 through the early twentj-eth century. (StapIe additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURALSIGNIFICANCE (describe important arc,hitectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings withi.n connunity) The Cushing house is one of the finest examples of the Federal style in the High Street area. The house is three stories with a hipped roof. The classical cornice is exceptional as is the arched window above the front doorway. The doorwaf itself is arched with sirle'lv&ev+3Y.r iohtsev and a semi-e1liptical fanlight. The only major alteration that his been made to the house was the raising of the hipped roof in 1863 to accomodate a nursery. HISTORICALSIGNIFICANCE (explain the role ownersplayed in 1ocal o3 state histo"y and how the building relates to the developrnentof the coxnnunity) This house was built by William Hunt around. 1808. In 1B1B John Newmarch Cushing, Sr., bought one half of the house and property from Sarah Hunt vrho was the widow of Wj-t1iam Hunt. He purchased the remaining half tn 1822. Until 1815 John Newmarch Cushing, Sr., had been an actj-ve shipmaster; after that d.ate he no longer sailed but became a ship owning merchant, He owned thirteen brigs all built by the Jackman family in Newburyport. From 1835 to 1837 he was a Newburyport Selectman. John Cushing had a sonrCaleb Cushing, who beeame an important Iawyer, statesman, and diplomat. Caleb was born in Salisbury' Maslachusetts, in 1800 and came with his family to Newburyport in 1802. He graduated frorn Harvard in 1817, went to Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1821. Caleb was very active in local affairs. He delivered many public addresses and wrote the ed.itorial page in"The Newburyport Herald and Commercial Gazette" for several months during 1823. In the sessions of 1833.1834, L847, 1858, 1859, 1862, and 1863, he was a Representative in the Massachusetts n^rre& ^^*^-^'l In 1834 Caleb Cushing was elected to the United States House of T Representatives and was re-elected for four terms. In 1843 he was appointed Commi-ssioner to China by President Tyler. In this position ) he arranged the Treaty of Wanghia whj-ch opened five major Chinese ports to American trade and authorized the stationing of consular officers at these ports. (cont. ) BIBLIOGMPHYand/or REFERENCES J. J. Currier, History of L764-L905, Vols. I and II., reprint, newF@TL--TgTT J. J. Currier, OId Newbury: Historical and Biographical Sketches, Boston, 1896. Cheney, Maritime History of Irlerrimac River Shipbuilding, Newburyport, 1964. B. Levy, National Register Nomination Form, L973. 201't-2/80 IN1TENTORY FORMCONTINUATION SHEET ty: I FormNo: }"1A9SAC}II,JSETTSHI STORI CAt CC!,il{I$SICT{ Newburyport I Zl .. Office of tJre Scrctary, Bostcn Nare: Cushing House Lcrh Street Indicate each itern on inrrentory forar Hiridl is beiag continued belcrr. HISTORICAL SIGNTFICANCE(CONTINUED) . Caleb was an advocate of Newburyport becoming a city and with Newburyport's incorporation in 1851, he was unanimously elected the first mayor. A year later he resigned and entered President Piercers cabinet as Attornev General. In 1868, if. r"rrt to Bogota to negoti-ate a right of way for a ship canal across Panama with the Colombian Government. He also representeci the linited States :n Geneva ior ciaims agaanst Great Britain for unlon merchant ships damaged or destroyed duri-ng the Civil V,lar. Cushing was later appointed Minister to Spain and served until L877 when he returned to Newburyport were he died in 1879. Caleb Cushing lived in his father's house at various times until John Cushing d.ied in 1849. At that time Caleb bought another house at 63 High Street. In LB27 Caleb met John Quincy Adams,when the Ex-President visited Newburyport, and entertaj-ned him at 98 High Street The Cushing House remained in the Cushing family until 1955 when it was bequested to the Historieal Society of O1d Newbury. The house --' is now maintained by the Histori-cal Society as offices and a museum, The Cushinq House has been desiqnated a National Historic Landmark. Stapl? to Inventcrv forrn at bottour.
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