Brown–Stow House

Stow, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Brown–Stow House in Stow, Massachusetts, is a historic First Period timber-frame dwelling whose oldest portion likely dates to the early eighteenth century. Originally constructed as a single "cell" three bays wide with a side-bay chimney, the house was expanded twice during the 1700s—first with a second cell to create the characteristic five-bay facade, then with a rear leanto that gave it its classic saltbox profile. Probably built by Boaz Brown, who owned the property from 1699 until his death in 1711, the house received two modest twentieth-century additions and underwent major restoration in the 1950s to recover its eighteenth-century character. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.