{"nrhp_refnum":"83000636","name":"Briggs Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Anawan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rehoboth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.90377813100008,"lon":-71.21874355599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Briggs Tavern is a Federal-style building at 2 Anawan Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, built around 1780 as a residence and tavern. It sits at the corner of Anawan and Tremont Streets in a rural setting and is now a residence.","why_significant":"It is described as Rehoboth's only known surviving commercial building of the Federal period and its most intact and sophisticated example of a center hall, double internal chimney plan house. It keeps well-crafted interior and exterior details and an unusual wooden crib chimney base. Its location at the Stevens Corner intersection reflects the area's growth from the late 18th through 19th centuries.","narrative":"Briggs Tavern, at 2 Anawan Street in Rehoboth, is a Federal-style building dating to about 1780. It served originally as both a residence and a tavern and is now a residence. It stands about 40 feet from the street at a T intersection of Anawan and Tremont Streets, two early transportation routes, in an open rural setting. It is regarded as Rehoboth's only known surviving commercial building from the Federal period and as the town's most intact and sophisticated example of a center hall, double internal chimney plan house. Notable features include splayed window lintels, which are rare in Rehoboth, panelled chimney breasts, chair rails and cornice trim. Its chimney bases are also unusual, built of four wooden posts carrying a wooden crib, where most local examples use fieldstone piers. The building reflects the growth of northern Rehoboth in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Later changes include a 19th-century side ell and an altered entrance surround.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; original use was residence and tavern. A 19th-century side ell was added and the entrance surround was altered, possibly in the 1930s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.51185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7895/63789533/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000636/f347c324ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000636/f347c324ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RehobothMA_BriggsTavern.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:RehobothMA_BriggsTavern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/briggs-tavern-83000636/"}