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The house is set at an acute perpendicular angle to West Main Street with its left front corner abutting the side walk on a deep level lot. This house (according to Historian Henry M.
Originally a private home in the 18th century Georgian style much enlarged in the 1890s for use as a summer hotel, the former Mighill house/Baldpate Inn is easily the largest and most rambling...
Significance: This house possesses integrity of design, location, materials, and workmanship as architecturally representative of First Period building technology in Eastern MA.
Georgetown was originally settled in 1639 as a part of the town of Rowley. Several farmers, finding suitable meadowlands in the western half of the settlement, began settling along the Penn Brook by the middle of the seventeenth century, creating Rowley's West Parish. Though not directly involved in King Philip's War, the village nonetheless did become a victim of Indian raids. The village, which became known as New Rowley, grew for many years, with small mills and eventually a shoe company opening up in the town. By 1838, the town was sufficiently large enough for its own incorporation, and was renamed Georgetown. Small industry continued, and today the town is mostly residential in nature.