{"nrhp_refnum":"79000326","name":"Blackinton Houses and Park","other_names":["Blackintonville"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Attleboro","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.95030900000003,"lon":-71.29095844444441,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of about 5.5 acres on North Main Street (Route 152) in Attleboro, Massachusetts, made up of two mid-1800s houses built by Col. Willard Blackinton, a small public park with a pond, dam, stone bridge and flagpole.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are significant for their architecture and their link to the Blackinton family and its early 19th-century industrial work, especially a shuttle shop for power looms founded in 1827. It also cites the 1930s park as an example of early twentieth century town planning that presented the town's colonial past in an idealized setting.","narrative":"Blackinton Houses and Park is a small district beside the Bungay River and Blackinton Pond in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It includes the 1849 Greek Revival house of Col. Willard Blackinton, with a rear ell and large barn, and a nearby double house built shortly afterward for his sons Charles and John. A small public park, a stone memorial bridge and a flagpole complete the group. Blackinton founded a shuttle shop here in 1827 that made shuttles for power looms, driven by Attleboro's first water turbine on the pond; the original dam survives. He also served as a state legislator and bank president. His sons continued the shuttle business and later moved into cotton thread and jewelry manufacturing. The park was given to the city in 1937 by the family of the first mayor and dedicated to World War I veterans. The listing joins family architecture, early industry and twentieth century town planning.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Willard Blackinton","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (Col. Willard Blackinton House)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated in good condition and occupied. The Blackinton House is on well maintained grounds, and its barn has been converted to light industry. The park is public land.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.985966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7945/63794534/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/79000326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000326/f679cac0bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000326/f679cac0bb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonel_Blackinton_Inn,_Attleboro_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:Colonel_Blackinton_Inn,_Attleboro_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794534","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackinton_Houses_and_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4923038"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/blackinton-houses-and-park-79000326/"}