{"nrhp_refnum":"82000487","name":"Barlin Acres","other_names":["Keyes-Dakin House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"284 School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boylston","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.334650200000056,"lon":-71.72237471399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Keyes-Dakin House (Deacon Cyprian Keyes House), known as Barlin Acres, is a two-story frame house with brick ends at 284 School Street, Boylston, Massachusetts. It appears to date from the late eighteenth century, around 1790, though tradition gives 1743.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. It is tied to Boylston's development and to the prominent Keyes family. It is an outstanding local example of early Federal architecture, unusual for its four-pile central plan and brick ends, and its well and grounds probably hold archaeological deposits.","narrative":"Barlin Acres, also called the Keyes-Dakin House, is a two-story frame house with brick ends at 284 School Street in Boylston. Tradition dates it to 1743, but its form and details point to the late eighteenth century, roughly 1790. The land was granted in 1718 as a house lot in Shrewsbury, then passed to Deacon Cyprian Keyes, a founder of the North Precinct Church, who was probably the first to build and settle there. Later owners included the Dakin family, who held it until 1883. George S. Barton added most of the additions in the 1920s, including east and west wings and a rear portico. The house has a symmetrical five-bay facade, a pedimented entry and paired end chimneys. Its four-pile central plan and brick ends are unusual locally, where central-chimney houses were more common. The property was recognized for its architecture, its association with the Keyes family and Boylston's early development, and its likely archaeological resources, especially the well in front of the house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, with educational and religious present use; owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester. The house was altered by additions in the 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.257546-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7971/63797141/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82000487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000487/2a40416a31-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000487/2a40416a31-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoylstonMA_BarlinAcres.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoylstonMA_BarlinAcres.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797141","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlin_Acres","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4861187"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/barlin-acres-82000487/"}