{"nrhp_refnum":"03001209","name":"Buck's Corner Historic District","other_names":["Buck's Hill","The City"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"216 Wildwood St., 580,584,588,590,602,603,604 Woburn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.54590150000004,"lon":-71.14916693044188,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly ten-acre residential and former agricultural district in southeastern Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, centered on Woburn and Wildwood Streets. It holds 17th- to 19th-century farmhouses, barns and later houses, with the Ephraim Buck House dated to ca. 1672 or 1704.","why_significant":"The district is a well-preserved cluster of houses built and lived in by three interrelated farming families over long periods. It reflects the early settlement and continuing community development of Wilmington, and its density earned it the nickname \"The City\" in the early 19th century. It also shows a range of styles from First Period and Federal to Italianate and Queen Anne, and it has high archaeological potential.","narrative":"Buck's Corner is a small cluster of historic farmhouses and barns along Woburn and Wildwood Streets in southeastern Wilmington, Massachusetts, covering about ten acres. It includes the Ephraim Buck House, a two-family dwelling dated by local historians to 1672 and by deeds to 1704, and later Georgian and Federal houses, an Italianate house from about 1861 and a Queen Anne house from about 1883. Most buildings are wood frame, and several retain barns or stables. Three interrelated farming families, the Bucks, Eames and Sheldons, lived here over long periods, and farming and later butchering continued into the early twentieth century. The unusual density of early houses led to the nickname \"The City\" in the early 1800s. The district was listed for its role in the community's early settlement and development and for its well-preserved architecture. Its open land and nearby wetlands also suggest potential for Native American and historic archaeological sites.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1704-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period, Federal, Italianate, Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses are in residential use as single dwellings; several have been restored, though some are vinyl sided and altered. Two buildings are non-contributing, and a Buck family house at 585 Woburn Street and the Ephraim Buck House barn have been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.143409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/7913/63791362/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/03001209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001209/5f4d0414d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001209/5f4d0414d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilmingtonMA_590WoburnStreet.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilmingtonMA_590WoburnStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791362","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%27s_Corner_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4982785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/bucks-corner-historic-district-03001209/"}