{"nrhp_refnum":"14000759","name":"Whittier, John Greenleaf, Homestead (Haverhill)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 Whittier Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haverhill","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.80829788600005,"lon":-71.03785047199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard farmhouse built in 1688 by Thomas Whittier on a farm of nearly fifty acres off Route 110 near Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, now operated as a museum.","why_significant":"The house is the birthplace and boyhood home of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier, and the setting of his poem \"Snow-Bound.\" It is also described as a remarkably unspoiled northern Essex County farm whose buildings, pastures and woods recall their original appearance.","narrative":"Built in 1688 by Thomas Whittier, this two-story clapboard farmhouse with a gable roof and central brick chimney sits on a farm of nearly fifty acres off Route 110, east of Haverhill. It was the home of five generations of the Whittier family. The poet John Greenleaf Whittier was born in the house on December 17, 1807, and lived there until 1830. The kitchen and its large fireplace figure in his poem \"Snow-Bound.\" A fire in 1902 damaged the roof and upper story, but restoration kept much of the original fabric, and a two-story rear ell was added in 1911. The original barn burned in 1970 and was replaced by a barn of similar age and size moved from another Haverhill site. The brook, mill site and family burial lot also survive. Since 1892 the property has been managed by trustees as a working farm and museum holding family furnishings and memorabilia.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699","architect_builder":"Thomas Whittier (builder of the 1688 house)","architectural_style":"New England Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operated as a museum and working farm by a board of trustees; condition listed as good, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.294303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7949/63794924/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/14000759.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794924","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/whittier-john-greenleaf-homestead-haverhill-14000759/"}