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Whitfield House is an early Federal-Style brick home
which was built in 1782 by Samuel Jackson, a wealthy merchant. The house
was willed to his married daughter, Mary Russell. Generations of the
Russell Family lived in the house for the next two hundred years until it was
sold in 1987, for the first time in its history, to its current owner
Dr. Brian Whitfield. The Russells were ship captains, investment
bankers, and co-founders of the world's famous rope manufacturing company
located in Plymouth known as The Cordage Company. Dr. Whitfield has
restored the home and has furnished it with antiques, oriental rugs, and
period accessories in a historically eclectic fashion to reflect the
elegant tastes of the 18th and 19th centuries as if the home was still
occupied by the original owners who profited from both the Asian and European
trades. Once inside the garden gate and through the front door,
the house carries you back to a gentler, more gracious period of
history while still offering you the conveniences of the 21st century.
Dr. Whitfield's sister, Barbara Marley of California, has come to
Whitfield House to be your most welcoming hostess and to help make your
stay in Plymouth an enjoyable experience.
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