Benjamin Thompson House-Count Rumford Birthplace
Woburn, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
The Benjamin Thompson House, also known as the Count Rumford Birthplace, is a historic house museum at 90 Elm Street in the North Woburn area of Woburn, Massachusetts. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975, it is the birthplace of scientist and inventor Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford. The house is linked to his development of the Rumford fireplace, which retained heat more efficiently than older, larger fireplaces.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
- Place
- Woburn, United States
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