The Town Historian's Old House Blog
William Howard purchased this lot 1679, and the left side of this house was built the following year. Howard died in 1709 at age 75, his son inherited the property, and it was at this time that the right side was added.
The lot at 48 Turkey Shore Rd. was purchased in 1720 by Daniel Hodgkin, when he married Abigail Hovey. He died at sea in 1740, but the house stayed in the Hodgkins family until 1813. The house is one of three five-bay gambrel capes in Ipswich, with two windows on either side of a central… Continue reading The Nathaniel Hodgkins House, 48 Turkey Shore (1720)
Abner Day bought the house from the heirs of John Patch in 1814, added the large ell in the rear for an inn and tavern, which under the ownership of Capt. Samuel Day was known later as the Franklin House.
Historic Ipswich 