{"nrhp_refnum":"78000456","name":"Jenison, Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Natick off I 90","address_restricted":false,"city":"Natick","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.322666018000064,"lon":-71.33523299399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story, clapboarded wooden house on Frost Street at the corner of Winter Street in Natick, Massachusetts, built about 1738 by Robert Jenison on a roughly five-acre site of open meadow.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house for its early architecture, its park-like setting and its link to the Jenison family in Natick and nearby towns. Robert Jenison was the area's leading housewright, and the house retains its original frame, chimney, summer beams and much interior woodwork. His family included builders, a selectman and militia captain, and figures tied to early Methodism.","narrative":"Built around 1738 by Robert Jenison, this two and one half story house stands on a small knoll at Frost and Winter Streets in Natick, facing south over about five acres of open meadow. It has a ridge roof, clapboard siding, six-over-six windows and a large off-center chimney. The off-center south entrance has a bull's eye transom and fluted pilasters under a dentiled cornice. Inside, the house keeps feather edge panelling on the first floor and eighteen inch floorboards upstairs. Though some restoration has occurred, the original frame, chimney, gunstock and bevelled summer beams, and most interior woodwork survive. Jenison was the area's leading housewright, and several of his buildings still stand nearby, usually of the center chimney type. He also served as selectman and militia captain, and took part in the dispute over moving the meeting house. His son, Lot, and grandson, Robert, continued the trade, and later descendants were tied to Methodist church history.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Robert Jenison","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, on its original site. Some restoration work has been done, and the form describes it as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.881516-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7960/63796011/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78000456.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000456/456e961f0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000456/456e961f0d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NatickMA_RobertJenisonHouse.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:NatickMA_RobertJenisonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jenison_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/jenison-robert-house-78000456/"}