Crocker, Lot House (BRN.606)

The Lot Crocker House at 284 Gosnold Street in Hyannis (Barnstable) is a full five-bay, one-and-a-half-story Cape Cod cottage in the Federal style, dating to the early 19th century. Distinctively, its gable roof is pierced by twin interior chimneys rather than the usual center chimney, and it has a transomed center entry, 6/6 sash, wood shingle sheathing, and a granite foundation, with a one-story shed-roof wing and a rose-covered picket fence. It was owned by Lot Crocker, a carpenter from Barnstable Village who established the first saltworks in Hyannis in 1802; the saltworks appear near the house on 19th-century maps, and the Crocker family retained ownership through the century. Significant for its associations with the development of Hyannis's saltmaking industry, its long ties to the Crocker family, and as an excellent example of a Federal-period Cape cottage, it meets Criteria A, B, and C and was listed as part of the Barnstable Multiple Resource Area.

Crocker, Lot House is a landmark in Barnstable, Barnstable County. It is one of 6,558 landmarks documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.6389, -70.2899 near Barnstable. The nearest cataloged historic site is Crocker, Capt. Alexander House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 65 Ocean Ave, Otis, James House, and Hinckley, Warren House.

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