{"nrhp_refnum":"80000645","name":"Platts-Bradstreet House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rowley","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.71871805600006,"lon":-70.87485998799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A timber-frame house on Main Street (Route 1A) in Rowley, Massachusetts, believed to have been built in 1677 by Samuel Platts, with a barn, a shoe shop and a raised structure on the same small lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good example of a first-period house enlarged in the eighteenth century to meet changing needs, and it is tied to the early development of Rowley. Its framing shows the earlier lean-to form, and it retains interior paneling and an asymmetrical plan. Several occupants had military service, and the undisturbed grounds may yield archaeological information on early domestic life.","narrative":"Standing on Main Street just beyond the town green in Rowley, this timber-frame house dates to about 1677, when it is believed Samuel Platts built it on land he bought in 1660. Framing shows it began as a two-story, one-room-deep dwelling. A rear lean-to was added in the early eighteenth century, and between 1766 and 1770, after the property passed to Moses Bradstreet, the lean-to was raised to form a full two-and-a-half-story, two-room-deep house. Much of the interior finish dates from that period. A central chimney, a five-bay front and twelve-over-eight windows mark the exterior. A shoe shop, a barn and a raised ladder house stand nearby. Occupants included Abel Platts, an ensign in the 1690 Canada Expedition, and two Moses Bradstreets who served in the Revolution. The Rowley Historical Society has owned the house since the 1920s. The grounds may also hold archaeological evidence of early New England foodways and land use.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Rowley Historical Society since the 1920s; listed as a museum, in good condition, with few alterations since the eighteenth century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.931947-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/7946/63794657/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000645/ac55157f91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000645/ac55157f91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platts-Bradstreet_House,_June_2013,_Rowley_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Platts-Bradstreet_House,_June_2013,_Rowley_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794657","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platts-Bradstreet_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7202535"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/platts-bradstreet-house-80000645/"}