{"nrhp_refnum":"78001407","name":"Standish, Alexander, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"341 Standish St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duxbury","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.00841920100004,"lon":-70.67873899699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gambrel-roofed shingled house at 341 Standish Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts, built in 1666 by Alexander Standish on a small peninsula overlooking Duxbury Bay. The nominated property covers 2½ acres.","why_significant":"It was the original home of Alexander Standish, eldest son of Myles Standish. The nomination calls it a fine, rare example of a 17th-century gambrel-roofed dwelling. It was occupied by Standish descendants until 1762.","narrative":"Built in 1666 at 341 Standish Street in Duxbury, this two-story gambrel-roofed house sits on a wide field on a small peninsula with a view of Duxbury Bay. Alexander Standish, eldest son of Myles Standish, built it after the family home was destroyed by fire that year; his father deeded him the land. The shingled house measures 28 by 36 feet and has a large center chimney and a five-bay facade. Inside, the kitchen retains a broad fireplace with Dutch oven, crane and brick hearth, and the parlors have clamshell plaster walls. Some cellar beams are said to have been salvaged from Myles Standish's burned home. Alexander and his wife Sarah Alden raised eight children here, and Standish family members lived in the house until 1762. It later passed to John Faunce in 1777 and to Stephen M. Allen in 1870. It is noted as a rare surviving 17th-century gambrel-roofed dwelling.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699","architect_builder":"Alexander Standish","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition, described as altered but on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.467118-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7964/63796487/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78001407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001407/1e25861030-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001407/1e25861030-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DuxburyMA_AlexanderStandishHouse.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:DuxburyMA_AlexanderStandishHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796487","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Standish_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/standish-alexander-house-78001407/"}