{"nrhp_refnum":"82001882","name":"Felton, Nathaniel, Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"43 Felton St. (Jr.) and 47 Felton St. (Sr.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peabody","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.54577624350006,"lon":-70.96064528944319,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining early houses, the Nathaniel Felton Sr. and Jr. Houses, at 47 and 43 Felton Street on Pleasant Hill in Peabody, Massachusetts. They date from the 17th century, were moved and enlarged in 1746-49, and sit on about six acres within the Brooksby Farm orchard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are good examples of first-period structures expanded through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to meet changing needs. They are also tied to two hundred years of Peabody's development. They are locally unusual in keeping their early agrarian setting, and the form claims criteria A and C.","narrative":"Two neighboring houses on Felton Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, trace back to land granted to the Felton family in the 1630s. Nathaniel Felton Sr. is said to have built the original three-bay house in 1644, and a two-bay addition followed around 1684. Between 1746 and 1749 the two sections were reportedly separated and moved to their present sites, then enlarged into two center-chimney, five-bay houses. Both were remodeled in the Federal style in the early 1800s, and the Jr. House gained large additions and a Colonial Revival barn and ell after Joseph N. Smith bought it in 1902. The houses sit within the Brooksby Farm apple orchard, which preserves a sense of the original farming landscape. The Felton family held the Sr. House for nearly three hundred years, and members served in local government and the military. The nomination considers the houses significant for their layered architecture and their long association with Peabody's agricultural and civic history.","period_of_significance":"1600-1899","architect_builder":"Nathaniel Felton Sr.","architectural_style":"First Period origins with Federal remodeling; Colonial Revival barn and connecting ell","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered. The Sr. House has had restoration work in recent years. The Sr. House is a private residence and the Jr. House is owned by the historical society as a museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.113506-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7946/63794638/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001882.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001882/aae537b29e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001882/aae537b29e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PeabodyMA_NathanielFeltonSrHouse.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:PeabodyMA_NathanielFeltonSrHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794638","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Felton_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/felton-nathaniel-houses-82001882/"}