{"nrhp_refnum":"83000691","name":"Martin Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"121 Martin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rehoboth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.79778610000005,"lon":-71.23674358099998,"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":"A small gable-roofed cottage and homestead at 121 Martin Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, dated to about 1750 with additions around 1780, in rural surroundings set 40 feet from the road.","why_significant":"The form calls it a good local example of a mid-18th-century cottage that has grown organically as a homestead, and says it meets criterion C. It has also stayed in the Martin family since it was built, and the family ran a grist mill and a store that served the community.","narrative":"Martin Farm is a small gable-roofed cottage at 121 Martin Street in Rehoboth, dated by architectural detail to about 1750 with later work around 1780. It sits 40 feet from the road in a rural setting and is clapboard-sided. The house grew bit by bit as a working homestead. Unbarked timbers between the first story and attic, revealed during repairs after lightning damage, point to a mid-18th-century origin. Fireplaces were closed and much of the addition work was done around 1900 or earlier. A post-and-timber shed, now a garage, once operated as a store in the 19th century, and its chimney and plastered walls remain. The foundation of a barn blown down in the 1938 hurricane survives in excellent condition. The property has stayed in the Martin family since it was built, and family members are buried in a nearby plot. Earlier occupants ran a grist mill on Rocky Run through the 1800s. The house is valued as a good local example of a mid-18th-century cottage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian - Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the east kitchen ell was added about forty years before the survey, and the former shed is now a garage. A barn was lost in the 1938 hurricane, and its foundation remains in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.108868-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7895/63789571/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000691.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000691/69e9ae22cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000691/69e9ae22cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RehobothMA_MartinFarm.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_MartinFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789571","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Farm_(Rehoboth,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6775406"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/martin-farm-83000691/"}