{"nrhp_refnum":"76000237","name":"Dwight-Henderson House","other_names":["William Cullen Bryant House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Great Barrington","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.19160928500003,"lon":-73.36510879099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white clapboard Georgian saltbox house built in 1759 on Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, by local carpenter Daniel Allen for General Joseph Dwight. It has been moved twice, in 1892 and 1966, always within 200 feet of its original site.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Brigadier General Joseph Dwight, a prominent legal, political and military figure in colonial Massachusetts. It was also the setting for the 1821 marriage of poet William Cullen Bryant. It is the oldest intact building in Great Barrington.","narrative":"Built in 1759 on Main Street in Great Barrington, this white clapboard saltbox house was constructed by local carpenter Daniel Allen for General Joseph Dwight, a lawyer, militia colonel, judge and Speaker of the colonial Massachusetts House of Representatives. Dwight convened the town's first meeting in 1761. In 1777 the captured General John Burgoyne stayed here as a guest of the Dwight family. Later, under tanner Deacon Allen Henderson, the poet William Cullen Bryant courted Frances Fairchild and married her in the southeast front parlor on January 11, 1821. The house was moved behind a new inn in 1892 and relocated again after a 1966 fire, losing its high stone foundation but staying within 200 feet of its first site. It keeps a five-bay facade, Georgian doorway with fluted pilasters, and period paneling inside. It is the oldest intact building in town and now serves as motel rooms and offices.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Daniel Allen, carpenter","architectural_style":"Georgian Saltbox","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; part of the Berkshire Motor Inn, used as motel rooms and office space, with interior paneling, wainscoting and fireplaces intact. Condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.218152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7943/63794308/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000237.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000237/840bddbfb6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000237/840bddbfb6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwight-Henderson_House,_Great_Barrington,_Massachusetts.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwight-Henderson_House,_Great_Barrington,_Massachusetts.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98000680","name":"Taconic and West Avenues Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/taconic-and-west-avenues-historic-district-98000680/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794308","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight%E2%80%93Henderson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318098"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/dwight-henderson-house-76000237/"}