{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Peter Walker House | nrhp_type = | image = TauntonMA PeterWalkerHouse.jpg | caption = | location = 1679 Somerset Ave.,<br>Taunton, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|41|51|26|N|71|6|55|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Massachusetts#USA | area = | built = c. 1727 | architect = | architecture = Georgian | added = July 5, 1984 | refnum = 84002256 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> | mpsub = Taunton MRA }}
The '''Peter Walker House''' is a historic colonial house located at 1679 Somerset Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts.
== Description and history == Built in about 1727, this {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, Georgian style, wood-framed house is the oldest documented house in the city. It is five bays wide and two bays deep, with a side-gable roof and a large central chimney. Its main entry is framed by pilasters, and topped by a fanlight and gabled pediment. Peter Walker purchased the land, and is said to have built the house soon afterward as a wedding present for his new bride.<ref name="NRHP">{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=tau.348|title=NRHP nomination for Peter Walker House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-06-13}}</ref>
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.<ref name="nris" />
==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts
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