Number 18. Old Manse. 1 High Street. The original owner of this site was Samuel Varnum. He left Ipswich with some of his children to become the founders of Dracut. The house was constructed by the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. It is the same type of construction as the Richard Rogers House. A major renovation was undertaken by John B. Brown in the early 1900's. At one time, Ralph W. Burnham ran it as an inn. It is now The House of Peace which provides a home for young people from war-ravaged countries of Africa and the Far East.
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