Brown–Stow House

Brown–Stow House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	172 Harvard Road, Stow, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°26′24″N 71°32′12″W / 42.44000°N 71.53667°W / 42.44000; -71.53667
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.	90000182[1]
Added to NRHP	March 9, 1990

The Brown–Stow House or Ichabod Stow House is a historic First Period house in Stow, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story timber-frame house was probably built early in the 18th century, and consisted of a single "cell" three bays wide, two stories high, with what is now the central chimney in a side bay. During the 18th century it was expanded twice, adding a second cell (giving it the classic five-bay facade) and a rear leanto (giving it the classic saltbox appearance). It has had two modest 20th century additions. The house underwent a major restoration in the 1950s to return it to an 18th-century appearance. The house was probably built by Boaz Brown, who acquired the property in 1699 and died in 1711.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts