{"nrhp_refnum":"76000269","name":"Lothrop, Caleb, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cohasset","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.236548724000045,"lon":-70.79724436699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick-ended Federal period house at 14 Summer Street in Cohasset, Massachusetts, built about 1823 by Caleb Lothrop, with a clapboard ell added about 1900.","why_significant":"The house is one of two brick-end Federal period houses remaining in Cohasset, and brick walls on an early house usually signaled affluence and importance. It is also tied to the Lothrop family and to Caleb Lothrop, a ship owner, ship chandler, selectman and town treasurer involved in the town's mackerel fishing industry.","narrative":"Built about 1823 at 14 Summer Street in Cohasset, this two-story house has brick end walls, a clapboard front, a shingled rear and a hip roof, with a five-bay symmetrical facade. A two-story ell was added around 1900. Inside, much original paneling and molding survives, including finely molded mantels in the first-floor front rooms. Caleb Lothrop, grandson of Revolutionary War hero Thomas Lothrop, built the house. He was a ship owner and ship chandler who served as a selectman and town treasurer, and his family owned a wharf at Cohasset Harbor and took part in the mackerel fishing trade. Lothrop descendants lived here until 1966. The house matters architecturally because it is one of only two brick-end Federal period houses left in Cohasset, at a time when brick usually signaled wealth. When nominated, it had stood empty for three years, and the local historical society planned to restore it as a community preservation center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Caleb Lothrop (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal, with Georgian elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant for about three years at the time of nomination and beginning to deteriorate, though the damage was not structural. It had recently been acquired by the Cohasset Historical Society for restoration as a historic resource center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.5011-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7962/63796236/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000269/2edaa91957-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000269/2edaa91957-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wwoods","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lothrop_House;IMG_2013.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wwoods</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:Lothrop_House;IMG_2013.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Lothrop_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5019269"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/lothrop-caleb-house-76000269/"}