{"nrhp_refnum":"83000626","name":"Bliss, Daniel, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"76 Homestead Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rehoboth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.878844582000056,"lon":-71.26415545699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Georgian-style farmhouse and surrounding farm complex at 76 Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, built around 1750 as the center of a dairy farm. It has a two-story center chimney plan, clapboard walls and several ancillary farm buildings.","why_significant":"The form calls it one of Rehoboth's most outstanding Georgian houses, with well-crafted detail and quality restoration, and a well-preserved farm complex showing 18th-century vernacular and 19th-century farm building traits (criterion C). It is also tied to the Bliss family, early Rehoboth settlers who became among the most successful local dairy farmers by the late 19th century (criteria A and B).","narrative":"Set in northwest Rehoboth, this Georgian farmhouse at 76 Homestead Avenue dates to about 1750 and anchored a dairy farm for more than two centuries. Daniel Bliss acquired the land in the 1738 Land Division, the last part of town to be settled, and the Bliss family held the property from 1738 to 1968. The house has a two-story center chimney plan, a five-bay facade and two 19th-century ells. Its interior was once stripped of detail, but the original paneling, labelled and stored in an outbuilding, was found and reinstalled around 1970. Several farm structures remain grouped around the house. The farm grew to several hundred acres, and by 1895 the family was listed in an atlas of Bristol County as engaged in the milk business. Later generations sold milk in Pawtucket, raised turkeys and cut ice from a nearby pond. The property was listed for its architecture and for its long association with a leading farming family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Daniel Bliss","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the original use was a residence at the center of a dairy farm. Original interior woodwork that had been removed was found and reinstalled around 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.89685-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7896/63789609/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000626.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000626/1432fcaf9d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000626/1432fcaf9d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Bliss_Homestead,_Rehoboth_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Daniel_Bliss_Homestead,_Rehoboth_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789609","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bliss_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216582"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/bliss-daniel-homestead-83000626/"}