{"nrhp_refnum":"75000246","name":"Cabot, Capt. John, House","other_names":["Cabot House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"117 Cabot St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beverly","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.545828681000046,"lon":-70.87965844799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay brick Federal mansion at 117 Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, built in 1781 for merchant Captain John Cabot, with a wooden ell added in 1802.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the first brick mansion built in Beverly and one of the few mansions of its period that has not been greatly altered. Its exterior woodwork, brickwork and interior have been preserved. It is also tied to Captain John Cabot, a leading Beverly merchant, privateer and co-founder of the First Cotton Manufactory.","narrative":"Built in 1781 on Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, this five-bay brick mansion was the first brick house erected in the town. Captain John Cabot, a Harvard graduate and one of Beverly's most successful merchants, had it built after his mother's death. The house has a hip roof, interior chimneys, granite foundation and steps, and a hand-hewn pegged oak frame. An Ionic portico shelters an eight-panelled door with sidelights and transom, and a two-story wooden ell was added in 1802. Inside, a central hall with double staircase and four rooms per floor retain elaborate mantels, panelling, delft tiles and Chinese-influenced mouldings. Cabot and his brothers ran the importing house of J. & A. Cabot, took part in privateering, and helped found Beverly's first cotton mill in 1788. He also served in the General Court. The house is valued for its preserved architecture and its link to the town's mercantile growth.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799 (specific date 1781)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (state data sheet); described in the narrative as a Federal mansion","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, on its original site, and used as a museum; owned by the Beverly Historical Society. The exterior is described as essentially unaltered and the interior as intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.950129-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7949/63794960/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000246/65fb5d5f3a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000246/65fb5d5f3a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daderot at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Cabot_House_-_Beverly,_Massachusetts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:John_Cabot_House_-_Beverly,_Massachusetts.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002313","name":"Beverly Center Business District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/beverly-center-business-district-84002313/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794960","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224700"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/cabot-capt-john-house-75000246/"}