{"nrhp_refnum":"83000701","name":"Perry, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"121 Perryville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rehoboth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.86081067550003,"lon":-71.25683994889665,"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 cross gable Italianate cottage at 121 Perryville Road in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, built around 1860-1870 by James H. Perry, a mill-owning manufacturer. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest example of Italianate architecture in Rehoboth. It is also tied to James H. Perry and the Perry family's turning mill business, which shaped the town's 19th-century economy. The mill race, part of an earthen dam and possible subsurface industrial remains lie next to the house.","narrative":"Set 30 feet from the road at a sharp curve and overlooking the Palmer River, this cross gable cottage at 121 Perryville Road in Rehoboth was built around 1860-1870 for James H. Perry, brother of mill founder Daniel Perry. Daniel Perry bought land here in 1831 and started a turning mill that made butter moulds, farm tools and bobbins for textile manufacturers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The family ran the business until the end of the 19th century. The house is described as the town's finest Italianate building. Its features include a double round-headed window in the central gable, eaves decorated with modillions and paired brackets, and a Late Greek Revival style doorway with sidelights and pilasters. Inside, original four-over-four windows, mouldings, doors and a turned newel post survive. A maintained mill race, part of an earthen dam and likely buried industrial remains lie beside the house, linking the residence to the Perry mill operations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by James H. Perry","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form lists no major alterations and says the house retains many original features.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.8749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7895/63789585/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000701/c3dd64d237-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000701/c3dd64d237-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RehobothMA_JamesPerryHouse.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_JamesPerryHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789585","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Perry_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6141179"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/perry-james-house-83000701/"}