Samuel Dexter House
The Samuel Dexter House is a historic house at 699 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts. It was built ca 1762 by Samuel Dexter, a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Dexter purchased the property on which the house stands on March 18, 1761. He moved to Woodstock, Connecticut c. 1775.
The house served as the headquarters of General George Washington for a night following the evacuation of Boston. Washington paid the Dexters £9.18.7 for use of the home on April 4 to 5, 1776.
The house was the childhood home of the Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter.
The building was remodeled in 1901 following the design of J. Harleston Parker, using Colonial revival elements.
Samuel Dexter House is a contributing property to the Dedham Village Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 2006.
