10 Broad Street

History

This house is a late example of the Greek Revival style in vernacular architecture. Key features include a street-facing gable suggesting a Greek pediment, a heavy cornice fascia, and a doorway framed by an entablature and applied pilasters. The cornice returns slightly but does not complete the pediment. The doorway is trabeated with narrow sidelights and an oblong transom above. The dormer is a later addition.

It exemplifies many houses built in Newburyport’s North End during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, reflecting the enduring influence of Greek Revival design in local vernacular architecture.

Built after 1851, this house was owned by W. McComber in 1872. Before 1884, A. W. Jackman acquired the property. Jackman belonged to one of Newburyport’s prominent shipbuilding families, which was active for over half a century and continued in the trade into the early twentieth century. His final work was the motor cruiser Whiz, built for E. L. Stevens at the foot of Titcomb Street in 1920. Jackman retained ownership of the house until the second quarter of the twentieth century.