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Parson Capen House

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Routes 1 and 97, Topsfield · location approximate

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One-half mile west of here is the Parson Capen House. Built in 1683 for the minister, and a fine specimen of domestic architecture of the Puritan century. Now the home of the Topsfield Historical Society.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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