{"nrhp_refnum":"80000471","name":"South Green Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"MA 1A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ipswich","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.67578300000005,"lon":-70.836413240566,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 22 acres in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, centered on the South Green and containing 27 structures and a cemetery from the 17th through 19th centuries.","why_significant":"The green was set off in 1686 to supplement the hilly North Green and served as cattle pasture and militia training field. It was also the site of schools from the mid-17th century and two churches. It now holds many of Ipswich's finest historic houses and provides open space at the south side of the central village.","narrative":"South Green is a district on the southern side of Ipswich's central village in Essex County, Massachusetts. It covers roughly 22 acres and includes 27 structures and a cemetery dating from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The flat green was set off in 1686 to supplement the hilly North or Meeting House Green, and it served as a cattle pasture and militia training field. Schools stood in the area from the mid-1600s through most of the 1800s, and two churches were located here; one survives as the Town Hall, while the South Parish House burned in 1978. The surrounding houses range from the ca. 1655 John Whipple House, a National Historic Landmark, to Federal, Greek Revival, and Second Empire buildings. The Captain Thomas Wade house, ca. 1727, was later occupied by Colonel Nathaniel Wade. The district is well maintained, privately owned, and mixes residential and commercial uses, and its open green is a notable feature.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed styles from the 17th to 19th centuries, including Federal, Greek Revival, Second Empire, and gambrel-roofed colonial houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Area described as well maintained, privately owned, with mixed commercial and residential use. The South Parish House burned in 1978.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.101528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7902/63790260/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000471/9ea86191d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000471/9ea86191d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Whipple_House,_Ipswich_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:John_Whipple_House,_Ipswich_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790260","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Green_Historic_District_(Ipswich,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7567386"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/south-green-historic-district-80000471/"}