{"nrhp_refnum":"76000240","name":"Burt, Elijah, House","other_names":["Bergamini,Thomas,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Longmeadow","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.05430911800005,"lon":-72.51452370699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard colonial house at 201 Chestnut Street in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, built in 1720 for Elijah Burt and considered the oldest structure in the town.","why_significant":"It is significant as one of the oldest houses in East Longmeadow and as the only known Underground Railroad stop in the town. The house also retains its colonial form despite later alterations and a restoration begun in 1946.","narrative":"Built in 1720 for Elijah Burt, this two-story clapboard house on Chestnut Street in East Longmeadow is considered the oldest structure in town. It faces south and has a five-bay facade, twelve-over-twelve windows, a central chimney serving four fireplaces, and a pedimented central entrance with pilasters and a paneled door with three bull's-eye lights. The cellar is partial, with fieldstone walls set in lime mortar. The house has changed over time. The original ell was moved in the nineteenth century, a rear ell was added before 1900, and a late nineteenth-century Victorianization added a front porch and new door. Restoration began in 1946, uncovering early fireplaces and wainscoting and removing the porch. Later owners continued the work. The house is noted as one of the town's oldest, as a former stagecoach inn, and as the only known Underground Railroad stop in East Longmeadow. It remains a private residence on 2.3 acres.","period_of_significance":"1720","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial (Georgian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; altered, restored beginning 1946 and continued by owners from 1969.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.742499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/7953/63795325/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000240/e492086cec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000240/e492086cec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EastLongmeadowMA_ElijahBurtHouse.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:EastLongmeadowMA_ElijahBurtHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795325","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Burt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5360894"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/burt-elijah-house-76000240/"}