Thomson, Elihu, House - Swampscott MA
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The Elihu Thomson House (built 1889) is a historic house located at 22 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Waymark Code: WM7VFT
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2009
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It is a National Historic Landmark and currently serves as Swampscott Town Hall, it is right next to the public library and directly across from a Chabad Lubavich synagogue.
The house was designed by architect James Kelly for the noted inventor, electrical engineer, and industrialist Elihu Thomson who was, with Thomas Edison, co-founder of General Electric Company. The house was built with an observatory, no longer extant.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976
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