{"nrhp_refnum":"82004955","name":"Goodwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Summit Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.39720939100005,"lon":-73.3556763190206,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Goodwood is a two-story wood-frame, four-square house built in 1792 on Summit Road in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It is a private residence on about 17 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest examples of late Colonial architecture in Berkshire County. It is also tied to prominent occupants: Rev. Edwin Welles Dwight of the foreign mission movement, Dr. Stephen Reed of glacial geology, and Dr. Raymond Leslie Buell of international relations.","narrative":"Goodwood is a two-story, wood-frame house built in 1792 on Summit Road in Richmond, Massachusetts. Its four-square form, hip roof and pedimented central pavilion blend Georgian and Federal design, with fluted pilasters, modillioned cornice and a modified Palladian window. The porch and sidelighted doorway are later additions. Inside, a central hall plan gives four main rooms, each with a fireplace, and the original kitchen hearth survives. The house is significant for its architecture and for the people who lived there. Rev. Edwin Welles Dwight, who owned it from 1819, wrote a memoir of Henry Obookiah that helped inspire the first mission to the Sandwich Islands. Dr. Stephen Reed, owner from 1838, described the Richmond Boulder Train and contributed to the acceptance of glacial theory. Dr. Raymond Leslie Buell, a pioneer in international relations, bought the house in 1933 and held foreign-affairs conferences in its library, including one in 1939 tied to Wendell Willkie's presidential nomination.","period_of_significance":"1792","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Georgian and Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; the interior is described as nearly original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.259343-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7941/63794152/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82004955.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004955/52f53a951c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004955/52f53a951c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RichmondMA_Goodwood.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:RichmondMA_Goodwood.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794152","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwood_(Richmond,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5583703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/goodwood-82004955/"}