{"nrhp_refnum":"80001675","name":"Grafton Inn","other_names":["Hassanamisco House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Central Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grafton","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.20639659400007,"lon":-71.68499950599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-storey Federal-style inn on the east side of Grafton Common at 25 Central Square, Grafton, Massachusetts, built in 1805-6 by Samuel Wood. A Civil War period ell roughly equal in size was later added to the east.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is a high-quality example of Federal architecture, with a cubical form, low hipped roof with monitor and belvedere, and a fine cornice of dentiles, mutules and rope molding. It also had a strategic location at a road crossing and was a mail coach stop. It is linked to the development of Grafton Common and operated as an inn until the 1940s.","narrative":"Grafton Inn, also called the Hassanamisco House, is a three-storey Federal building on the east side of Grafton Common, Massachusetts. Samuel Wood, a local man who served as its proprietor until his death in 1813, built it in 1805-6. Its five-bay west facade has a projecting central pediment, a low hipped roof with a monitor, and a cornice of dentiles, mutules and rope molding similar to work by Charles Bulfinch. Brick side walls carry four chimneys. After the 1863 fire that destroyed neighbouring buildings, a two-storey Italianate porch was added, and a Civil War period ell now hides the east wall. The inn stood at the junction of the Worcester to Providence road and an old trail, serving as a mail coach stop until the Worcester Turnpike bypassed it. It operated as an inn into the 1940s. Its design quality and its ties to the growth of the Common underpin its listing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Samuel Wood (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal, with a later Italianate porch","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good, altered condition. It operated as an inn until the 1940s, and plans at the time of nomination were to restore it and return it to use as an inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.088186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/7972/63797280/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80001675.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001675/74b9dd565a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001675/74b9dd565a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grafton_Inn_-_Grafton,_MA_-_DSC04548.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grafton_Inn_-_Grafton,_MA_-_DSC04548.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88000707","name":"Grafton Common Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/grafton-common-historic-district-88000707/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797280","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafton_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5592547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/grafton-inn-80001675/"}