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Shirley-Eustis House

Roxbury, Massachusetts
County of Suffolk.
31-37 Shirley Street
National Register Number: 66000787
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: House Museum.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - October 9, 1960):
One of the most formal and imposing Georgian houses in New England, built by William Shirley, a Royal Governor (1741-49, 1753-56). American forces used it as a barracks and hospital during their siege of Boston (1775-76).


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