{"nrhp_refnum":"78001403","name":"Bradford, Capt. Gershom, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Duxbury at 931 Tremont St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duxbury","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.03799545500004,"lon":-70.68857913899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal style house at 931 Tremont Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts, built in 1807-1808 by sea captain Gershom Bradford on about 9-3/4 acres of landscaped grounds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for the simple quality of its early 19th century Federal design and for its association with the Bradford family, who owned it from 1807 to 1968. It also reflects the life of a successful seafaring family during Duxbury's peak shipbuilding era. Areas of significance are listed as industry and seafaring.","narrative":"Built in 1807-1808 by sea captain Gershom Bradford, this two-story Federal style house at 931 Tremont Street in Duxbury sits on nearly ten acres of landscaped grounds. The main block is five bays wide with chimneys at each gable end, and a hip-roofed ell extends from the rear. Clapboard covers rough brick on the side walls, and the front walk is laid with volcanic stone blocks that Bradford brought from Italy as ballast. Inside, hand-wrought moldings, original wallpaper in two front rooms and much Bradford family furniture remain. Gershom Bradford went to sea at seventeen, became a master around 1800, and drove off a French privateer after his brother and captain was wounded. He retired in 1826 after 35 years at sea. His family kept the house for 161 years until giving it to the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society in 1968. It is recognized for its Federal design and its link to Duxbury's seafaring and shipbuilding heritage.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Captain Gershom Bradford","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society and used as a museum; the ell is occupied year round as a security measure. Condition is marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.431845-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7966/63796614/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78001403.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001403/da31eb9d15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001403/da31eb9d15-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Historical Perspective","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gershom_Bradford_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Historical Perspective</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gershom_Bradford_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._Gershom_Bradford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036428"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/bradford-capt-gershom-house-78001403/"}