{"nrhp_refnum":"73000326","name":"Cushing Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Cohasset on MA 128","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hingham","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.23750702150005,"lon":-70.8623214979934,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story clapboard farmhouse with a barn, forge, corncrib and surrounding farmland on East Street in Hingham, Massachusetts, built in 1678 by Daniel Cushing for his son Peter. The nominated area totals 15.26 acres on both sides of East Street.","why_significant":"It is one of a small number of documented 17th century houses in Massachusetts, and one of very few passed down in the male line for three centuries. The interior keeps an unusual concentration of 17th century detail, including molded sheathing and early sponge painting. The barn is described as the oldest framed barn known in New England, and the property remains an active farm.","narrative":"Set among orchards, meadows and low stone walls in Hingham, this farm centers on a clapboard house built in 1678 by Daniel Cushing for his son Peter. The house was originally one and a half stories and was raised a full story, probably by the early 18th century. Two rooms keep an unusually high concentration of 17th century detail, including two walls of molded sheathing and a ceiling with yellow-on-black sponge painting, a decorative technique of which few examples survive in Massachusetts. West of the house stand a forge, a corncrib on stone piers and a barn considered the oldest framed barn known in New England, possibly incorporating beams from Hingham's first meetinghouse. Across East Street lie a field, a dam, a raceway from an early mill site and the remains of an Indian fishing station. Title has passed down the male line for three centuries, and the 15.26 acres are still farmed, which underlies its listing for architecture and agriculture.","period_of_significance":"17th and 18th Century (specific date 1678)","architect_builder":"Daniel Cushing (builder, for his son Peter)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition and unaltered; the fields are still tilled annually and the outbuildings still serve their original purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.529199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7964/63796459/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/73000326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000326/81252a4bd0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000326/81252a4bd0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:210_East_Street,_Hingham_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:210_East_Street,_Hingham_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796459","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushing_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5196189"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/cushing-homestead-73000326/"}