{"nrhp_refnum":"78000437","name":"Martin House and Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22 Stoney Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Swansea","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.764018211000035,"lon":-71.25945033233941,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A working farm and house museum at the corner of Route 6 and Stoney Hill Road in North Swansea, Massachusetts, centered on a one-and-one-half story gambrel-roofed house built in 1728 by John Martin, with secondary residences and two barns.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare 18th century working farm that keeps the character of its original setting. The Martin family lived and farmed here for 206 years until 1934. It is one of few colonial-era structures still on its original site in the area, and its woodlands serve as a conservation area in a growing suburban section.","narrative":"Martin House and Farm in North Swansea, Massachusetts, is an 18th century farm complex built around a one-and-one-half story gambrel-roofed house that John Martin built in 1728. The shingled house has a stone foundation and a massive central chimney, and a small ell was added around 1814. The nominated land holds the main house, two small secondary buildings used as residences and two barns, set among cultivated fields, orchards and woodlots enclosed by original dry stone walls. Members of the Martin family lived and farmed here for 206 years, until the last of them left the property to the Colonial Dames in 1934. It has since operated as a museum house, with a working loom, spinning wheels, antique pewter, English Jacobean furniture and other colonial-era items, while a local farmer works the land. Its significance rests on being a rare colonial farm still on its original site, and on its woodlands, which serve as a conservation area in a suburban setting.","period_of_significance":"1728","architect_builder":"John Martin","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained as a farm and house museum by the Society of Colonial Dames; the land continues to be worked by a local farmer. Form lists the property as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.894571-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7943/63794388/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78000437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000437/2ae57b1194-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000437/2ae57b1194-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Farm_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:Martin_Farm_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794388","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_House_and_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715699"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/martin-house-and-farm-78000437/"}