{"nrhp_refnum":"78001406","name":"Newell Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"243 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Newbury","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.792569497000045,"lon":-70.99667044899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick farmhouse at 243 Main Street, West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, built in 1846 by Colonel Moses Newell on a farm that once covered 350 acres. The nominated area is 3 acres of a 60-acre property.","why_significant":"The house is considered architecturally notable as a large Greek Revival/Federal style brick house built partly from salvaged materials, reportedly from Boston buildings demolished in 1845 for the State House addition. It is also significant for the Newell family's roles in local and state politics and business, and for continuous family ownership since 1761.","narrative":"Set back about 200 feet from Main Street in West Newbury, Newell Farm centers on a five-bay, two-and-a-half-story brick house built in 1846 by Colonel Moses Newell. The house has a center entrance, four interior end chimneys, a Greek Revival brick cornice, and sandstone lintels and sills. Inside are 25 rooms and nine fireplaces. A 19th-century barn and a garage stand to the south. The house is notable for its size and brick construction in an area of mostly small clapboard houses. Tradition holds that Newell gathered building materials, including marble window caps, mantels, shutters and woodwork, from Boston buildings torn down in 1845 for the State House addition, bringing them back after delivering meat to the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Newell family also served in town and state government and local business, from a Minuteman sergeant to Moses Newell as selectman and legislator. The farm has stayed in the family since 1761, and most of its 60 acres is now leased as a nursery.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Col. Moses Newell","architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; most of the 60-acre farmland is leased as a nursery, and the property continues in agricultural use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.98888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/7949/63794962/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78001406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001406/5b78b9493d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001406/5b78b9493d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newell_Farm,_West_Newbury_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newell_Farm,_West_Newbury_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794962","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newell_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7017702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/newell-farm-78001406/"}