Dr. and Mrs. Evans' House (Now the Freeport Historical Society)

Dr. and Mrs. Evans’ House was located at 350 South Main. The house was built around 1863 and was owned by Raynor R. Smith in 1873. Between 1900 and 1961, the house was occupied by Edith Gertrude Selene Evans (1878-1948) and her husband Dr. Thomas Horace Evans (1878-1961).

Edith Evans was a noted Egyptologist, archeologist, and artist. Dr. Thomas Evans was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, a medical doctor, professor of anatomy, author, poet, and musician. He also spoke six languages. Dr. Evans was affiliated with Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in Manhattan. After his wife's death in 1948, he lived in the house until his own death in 1961. In 1962, the house was purchased by the Freeport Historical Society for their museum.

On the front lawn of the house there is a bronze plaque from the William Clinton Story American Legion Post and the cornerstone for the Spartan Masonic Lodge. A Civil War memorial dedicated to the Mott brothers and Freeport’s original 9/11 memorial are located in the back yard.

The Freeport Landmarks Preservation Commission dedicated a roadside marker to the site in 2000. In 2012, the building was landmarked.