Jacob Whittemore House
SKU:
HAB-29
$59.50
$59.50
per item
Detailed building kit for 28mm figures (1:56 scale)
Laser cut 3mm and 1.6mm MDF
Laser engraved details
Moveable doors
Removable second floor and roof
Easily accessible interior with detailing
Kit supplied unassembled and unpainted
Measures approx. L 9” x W 7” x H 6-1/2” / 220mm x 170mm x 160mm
Figures, trees, walls not included
Detailed instructions are available for download at www.thingsfromthebasement.com
Located on the Bay Road in Lexington, in 1775 this house was home to Jacob and Elizabeth Whittemore as well as their daughter, Sarah, her husband Moses Reed, and their three small children. Neither Jacob nor Moses fought with the Lexington militia on April 19th, although Jacob had trained with it and Moses would volunteer for other Revolutionary War campaigns. Instead, Jacob and Moses carried Sarah Whittemore Reed, who was still recovering from the birth of her third child 18 days earlier, and her children to the relative safety of a nearby woodlot just before the battle reached their home. To the west of the house, Captain John Parker led the Lexington militia in engaging the retreating British Regulars. The Whittemore family lived in the house from the time of its construction in 1716-1718 by Jacob’s father, Nathaniel, until 1780 when it was sold by the family.