Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts
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Royall House in Medford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era mansion and museum best known for its association with one of New England’s wealthiest slaveholding families and its well-preserved slave quarters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
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historic site ⓘ museum ⓘ slave quarters site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Isaac Royall Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Isaac Royall Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Royall family NERFINISHED ⓘ enslaved Africans in colonial New England ⓘ |
| builtFor | Isaac Royall Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts ⓘ Museums in Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts ⓘ Plantation houses in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| era | colonial era ⓘ |
| focusesOnExhibitions |
lives of the Royall family and the people they enslaved
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slavery and freedom in colonial New England ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
educational tours
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public programs on slavery and race ⓘ |
| hasPart |
main mansion
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outbuildings ⓘ slave quarters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
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| knownFor |
association with one of New England’s wealthiest slaveholding families
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interpretation of Northern slavery ⓘ well-preserved slave quarters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
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Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedAs | museum ⓘ |
| operator | Royall House and Slave Quarters museum organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Boston ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the best-documented slaveholding sites in the northern United States
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rare surviving urban slave quarters in New England ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial domestic life
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history of slavery in New England ⓘ |
| use | plantation-style estate in colonial Massachusetts ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.