Isaac Royall House

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The Isaac Royall House is a historic colonial-era mansion and museum in Medford, Massachusetts, notable for its association with the Royall family, its well-preserved Georgian architecture, and its ties to the history of slavery in New England.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house
historic site
museum
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture
associatedWith Harvard College
Harvard Law School
category Georgian architecture in Massachusetts
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Plantation houses in Massachusetts
country United States
hasCollection 18th-century furnishings
artifacts related to slavery in New England
hasHistoricalRole site of enslaved labor in Massachusetts
hasPart outbuildings
period rooms
slave quarters
hasTour guided tours
hasWebsite official Isaac Royall House and Slave Quarters website
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 18th century
locatedIn Medford, Massachusetts
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Middlesex County, Massachusetts
namedAfter Isaac Royall Jr.
nearestCity Boston, Massachusetts
notableFor association with the Royall family
ties to the history of slavery in New England
well-preserved Georgian mansion
openToPublic true
operatedBy nonprofit organization
ownedBy Royall family
partOf Colonial-era architecture in New England
significantEvent interpretive programs on slavery and colonial history
usedAs house museum

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Medford, Massachusetts
hasHistoricSite

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