Ruggles-Fayerweather House

Today the house is a private residence.

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Quick Facts

Location:

175 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

Designation:

Old Cambridge National Register District

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

MANAGED BY:

Private Residence

This colonial house was constructed circa 1764 by a wealthy Caribbean plantation owner, George Ruggles. His wife, Susanna (Vassall) Ruggles, had strong family ties to the area - her nephew John Vassall and brother Henry Vassall also owned Brattle Street mansions.

Before the start of the Revolutionary War, the Ruggles family moved to Boston and then eventually to England, selling this estate to Thomas Fayerweather, a successful merchant. After the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, Fayerweather lent the home to the patriot cause to serve as a wartime hospital.