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82 and 84 Front Street - Nathaniel Norden House or Three Cods Tavern

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Record 2694/3390
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Catalog date 04/19/2007
Category 1: Structures
Classification Houses
Collection Old Houses etc. School Research Project
Date circa - after 1700
Abstract Marblehead Junior High Archives Historical Building Survey

The original owner was Nathaniel Norden. It was one of the first houses built in Marblehead. When it was built (around 1700) it was a tavern. The first two owners of the house had the first two graves in Burial Hill.

Sidelights: Musket shot was embedded in the barn. Attic was used as a church for the Catholics. Secret stairway going to the attic. British officers from the boat "Lively" started a fight in the Tavern.
Home Location Pink Room (4th floor north end of building)
Object ID 2006-075-00409
Object Name House
Search Terms Marblehead Buildings
Sub-category Building
Subjects Houses
Historic buildings
Title 82 and 84 Front Street - Nathaniel Norden House or Three Cods Tavern
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Last modified on: January 05, 2009