{"nrhp_refnum":"76000948","name":"Paine, Timothy, House","other_names":["Oaks, The"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 Lincoln St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.278161073000035,"lon":-71.79451586099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story clapboard house known as The Oaks, at 140 Lincoln Street near the center of Worcester, Massachusetts, built between 1774 and 1778 for Judge Timothy Paine.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Judge Timothy Paine, a Tory, and with the well-known descendants of the Paine family. It is also noted as one of the oldest surviving structures in Worcester, and reviewers saw possible local architectural interest in its changing styles.","narrative":"Built between 1774 and 1778 on Lincoln Street near the center of Worcester, The Oaks is a two-and-one-half-story clapboard house set back about one hundred feet from the road. It was begun by Judge Timothy Paine, a Tory whose unpopular political leanings drew local hostility and slowed construction. Paine later accepted a commission as Mandamus Councillor, and a crowd of about 3,000 marched to his house and forced him to read his resignation on the Worcester green. His son Dr. William Paine and grandson Frederick William Paine later lived there, and Frederick's garden was known for fruits and flowers. The original entrance on the south side was later moved to the east, where a porch with Doric columns was added, and a kitchen ell was built in 1836. The house is one of the oldest surviving structures in Worcester. The Daughters of the American Revolution bought it in 1914 and use it as a chapter headquarters and museum.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition, and altered; used as a museum and headquarters of a Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, which has owned it since 1914.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.05925-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7936/63793609/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000948.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000948/8b35a2a676-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000948/8b35a2a676-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_Paine_House_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Timothy_Paine_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793609","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Paine_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7807448"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/paine-timothy-house-76000948/"}