Suffolk Resolves House
Also known as: Daniel Vose Residence
Why it's listed
Begun around 1760 as the store and home of Milton shopkeeper Daniel Vose, this two-story clapboard house on Canton Avenue was enlarged by Vose in 1773. It has a five-bay facade, a shallow hipped roof, two large interior chimneys, twelve-over-twelve windows and a columned entrance porch. A small glass pane in the clapboards lets visitors see where the 1773 addition joins the earlier section. On September 9, 1774, seventy delegates from nineteen Suffolk County towns and districts met here and accepted the Suffolk Resolves drafted by Dr. Joseph Warren. The nineteen resolutions urged boycotting British trade, raising local troops and preparing for armed resistance if necessary. Paul Revere carried the document to Philadelphia, where the First Continental Congress endorsed it. The house was moved in 1950 to save it from destruction, then restored. The Milton Historical Society now runs it as a museum, and the nomination recognizes its political importance as a surviving site of this pre-Revolutionary event.
Significance in brief: The house is where the Suffolk County convention met on September 9, 1774, and adopted the Suffolk Resolves, an early organized protest against British colonial policy. The Resolves were endorsed immediately by the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The nomination argues this makes the house a surviving building tied to a key pre-Revolutionary event.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 73000308, listed July 23, 1973. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1370 Canton Ave., Milton |
|---|---|
| County | Norfolk County |
| Listed | July 23, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73000308 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 18th Century; specific date September 9, 1774 |
| Architect / builder | Daniel Vose (built c. 1760; enlarged 1773) |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government |
| Level of significance | National |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Excellent condition; altered and moved; occupied and operated as a museum by the Milton Historical Society. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.23431, -71.10851 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 73000308.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7634583
- This listing as JSON
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