{"nrhp_refnum":"76000286","name":"Train, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"342 Winter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weston","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.322250739000026,"lon":-71.32465997699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Religion","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, central-chimney clapboard farmhouse at 342 Winter Street in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built in 1738 by John Train for Samuel Train.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of one stage in the development of early New England houses, keeping the salt-box plan but with a full second story. It is also significant as the home for 106 years of three successive Samuel Trains, who held town offices, served in the militia and took part in town schools and religious life.","narrative":"Built in 1738, this two-story farmhouse on Winter Street in Weston sits on slightly less than an acre. It has a central chimney, a ridge roof, white clapboards, a fieldstone foundation and a pedimented doorway on a four-bay facade. Inside, the earliest type of full two-story central-chimney plan survives, with three main rooms per floor, each with a fireplace, a stenciled parlor wall, a bee-hive oven and a pegged oak frame. The house keeps the salt-box plan but with a full second story, which marks a stage in the development of early New England houses. For 106 years it belonged to three successive Samuel Trains. They served as selectmen and in the militia, and the second helped establish Weston's Baptist Society. The third Samuel's brother Charles became its first settled minister and later served in the state legislature. A wing and ell were added about 1875, when a dairy farm operated on the property, and a link was built in 1965.","period_of_significance":"1738 to present time","architect_builder":"John Train","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; altered with additions around 1875 and a connecting link in 1965.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.962748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7955/63795552/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000286/39f7f90f8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000286/39f7f90f8c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestonMA_SamuelTrainHouse.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:WestonMA_SamuelTrainHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Train_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/train-samuel-house-76000286/"}