{"nrhp_refnum":"80000641","name":"Rice, Capt. Peter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"377 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marlborough","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34770597800008,"lon":-71.57446875799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story timber-frame house at 377 Elm Street in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on the west slope of Sligo Hill. The core dates to about 1688 and was enlarged over several later periods, including a rear ell.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the seventeenth and early eighteenth century settlement of Marlborough and was built for Peter Rice, a farmer and militia captain. It retains elements of at least four construction periods, showing a sequence of growth typical of local vernacular architecture. The form also notes possible archaeological potential from its seventeenth-century occupation.","narrative":"Built around 1688 for Peter Rice at the time of his marriage to Rebecca Howe, this two-story timber-frame house on Elm Street in Marlborough began as a one-room-deep dwelling with a central chimney. Over the following centuries it was enlarged in stages: a lean-to and three rooms in the early eighteenth century, a raised northern half and new roof in the mid or late eighteenth century, and a rear ell and porches later. Original features survive in the south half, including a kitchen fireplace, moulded sheathing and raised panelling. Rice, born in Sudbury and brought to Marlborough as a child in 1664, farmed his land, became a militia captain and helped designate garrison houses in 1711. The house reflects early settlement and the layered growth typical of local vernacular building. The property may also hold archaeological information about seventeenth-century domestic life. The Marlborough Historical Society now owns it and is restoring it.","period_of_significance":"1688, early 18th C., later additions","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Local vernacular architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Marlborough Historical Society and undergoing restoration; listed in excellent condition and used as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.497015-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7955/63795568/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000641.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000641/affd898bdd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000641/affd898bdd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Lee Wright / Marlborough Historical Society (www.HistoricMarlborough.org)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt_Peter_Rice_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Wright / Marlborough Historical Society (www.HistoricMarlborough.org)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt_Peter_Rice_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795568","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._Peter_Rice_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036464"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/rice-capt-peter-house-80000641/"}