Worth-Gardner House, 3 Academy Lane, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry

Significance: Unusual transitional design between the traditional four-bay, asymmetrical chimneyed house of the late eighteenth century, and the five-bay symmetrical design of the late nineteenth century. Very well preserved and maintained.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-354

Survey number: HABS MA-1253

Building/structure dates: after 1780 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970

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