{"nrhp_refnum":"82000483","name":"Turner Hill","other_names":["LaSalette Seminary &amp","Shrine"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 Topsfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ipswich","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.66338933000006,"lon":-70.8825944428276,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Turner Hill is a brick Elizabethan and Jacobean-inspired mansion with landscaped gardens, ponds and outbuildings, at 315 Topsfield Road in West Ipswich, Massachusetts. It was built 1900-1903 for Charles G. and Anne P. Rice to designs by architect William G. Rantoul.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house was a notable architectural achievement, citing an October 1903 Architectural Review issue devoted almost entirely to it. It is described as one of the few intact examples of the European-style country estates built by wealthy owners on Boston's North Shore around 1900. The estate also reflects the social ideals and way of life of its builders, and the house and grounds remain remarkably intact.","narrative":"Turner Hill is a large brick mansion on a wooded rise in West Ipswich, built between 1900 and 1903 for Charles G. and Anne P. Rice. Architect William G. Rantoul traveled to Europe with the couple to choose designs and furnishings. The result is an H-plan house with Flemish gables, mullioned windows and panelled chimneys, drawing on Elizabethan and Jacobean English country houses. The plain exterior contrasts with an interior of carved wood panelling, ornamental plaster ceilings and imported fittings. Rantoul also designed the terraced gardens, rose garden and hand-dug ponds, and the estate once had fourteen outbuildings, including stables, garages and cottages. The property is significant as an unusually intact example of the European-style country estates wealthy owners built on Boston's North Shore around 1900, and a 1903 issue of Architectural Review was devoted to it. Since 1945 the LaSalette Missionaries have kept the house and gardens close to their original appearance.","period_of_significance":"1900-03","architect_builder":"William G. Rantoul","architectural_style":"Elizabethan and Jacobean-inspired English country house","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned since 1945 by the LaSalette Missionaries, who maintain the house and formal garden much as in 1903; used as a seminary and shrine. Four outbuildings have been demolished, and a church replaced the pool and bath house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.685137-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7946/63794684/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000483/434c5a07ad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000483/434c5a07ad-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IpswichMA_TurnerHill_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IpswichMA_TurnerHill_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7855933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/turner-hill-82000483/"}