{"nrhp_refnum":"09000619","name":"White Homestead-Salem Cross Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW side of Ware Rd. (MA 9)","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Brookfield","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.24436551000008,"lon":-72.17326056199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A colonial farmstead on Ware Road (Route 9) in the western part of West Brookfield, Massachusetts, now operating as the Salem Cross Inn. It includes a c.1707 one-story house, a 2-story Colonial main house and barn built c.1740 by John and Cornelius White, and later ells joining them.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance for architecture and for associations with the White family. The 1707 structure is one of the last survivors from the second settlement of Brookfield, and the 1740 house and barn are excellently restored 18th-century buildings in their original rural setting. The home is also tied to John White, a garrison officer killed in 1710, and to his descendants Sarah White Smith and Adeline White Tracy, early missionaries.","narrative":"This farmstead on Ware Road in West Brookfield began on land granted to Sergeant John White in 1707. He built a small one-story clapboard house there, with a large cooking fireplace, a borning room and walls lined with handmade brick. It was later converted to a carriage shed and moved behind the main house around 1960. His sons John and Cornelius built the 2-story Colonial main house and a large barn about 1740. The house has a hip roof, a large central chimney, original pine floors, raised paneling and a kitchen with its crane still in place. Twentieth-century ells link the house to the barn, and the property now operates as the Salem Cross Inn, named for hex marks on the entrance door hardware. The site is notable as a remnant of Brookfield's early resettlement and for its 18th-century buildings. It was also home to John White, killed in the 1710 attack, and to missionaries Adeline White Tracy and Sarah White Smith.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John White; John and Cornelius White","architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operating as a restaurant (the Salem Cross Inn); the 1707 structure was moved behind the main house c.1960 and its chimney removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.598431-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7974/63797420/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/09000619.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000619/d52b0003b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000619/d52b0003b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestBrookfieldMA_SalemCrossInn.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:WestBrookfieldMA_SalemCrossInn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797420","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Cross_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17066364"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/white-homestead-salem-cross-inn-09000619/"}