{"nrhp_refnum":"80000620","name":"Flagg, Benjamin, House","other_names":["Flagg, Benjamin II, Homestead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"136 Plantation St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.35045567900005,"lon":-71.78412250199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A timber-frame farmhouse at 136 Plantation Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1717-1718 by or for Benjamin Flagg II. It has a central chimney and a center-entrance facade.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the oldest houses in Worcester and a good example of the central-chimney, center-entrance, three-window facade type built by the city's early settlers. It is also tied to the Flagg family, including Benjamin Flagg III, a Revolutionary War officer. Its themes are architecture, settlement and social/humanitarian.","narrative":"This farmhouse at 136 Plantation Street in Worcester dates to about 1717-1718 and is among the oldest houses in the city. It is a timber-frame vernacular building with a central chimney, a center entrance and three windows across the facade, a type built by many of Worcester's earliest settlers. Its walls are shingled and the foundation is hammered granite. Benjamin Flagg II, a carpenter who began buying land in Worcester in 1717-1718, is believed to have built it. He later served as selectman, schoolmaster and county sheriff. His son Benjamin Flagg III, born in 1724, served in the French and Indian War and marched with the Minute Men on April 19, 1775, later rising to lieutenant colonel. The house was sold in 1850 to George S. Howe, who is said to have remodelled it, though the extent of the work is unknown. It has since been restored to look much as it did in nineteenth-century photographs, with a Colonial Revival door and a large south window added. It remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Probably none; Benjamin Flagg II, a carpenter by trade, is believed to have built it","architectural_style":"Timber-frame vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; described as recently restored, with a Colonial Revival door and a large multi-paned window added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.237159-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7930/63793013/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000620.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000620/42d64d0598-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000620/42d64d0598-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Flagg_House_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Flagg_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793013","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Flagg_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888589"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/flagg-benjamin-house-80000620/"}