This house is named for a long-serving clerk in the Ipswich Probate Court. Allen Perley, the original grantee of the lot, built the first house on the site before 1650. The property went through several owners before it was purchased by Nathaniel Lord in 1741. The oldest section is the western half, and was originally about 30 ft. further back before Levi Lord moved it and constructed the right side in 1847. The Federal period trim throughout the house was installed at that time.
Read the history of this house at the Historic Ipswich site.
Historic Ipswich 