{"nrhp_refnum":"83000707","name":"Rehoboth Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bay State Rd. and Locust Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rehoboth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.84127750000005,"lon":-71.25046933692445,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small historic village district of about 12 acres and 13 major structures on Bay State Road and Locust Street at the geographic center of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, along the Palmer River. It dates from about 1700 to the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The village grew up around a fall line on the Palmer River that powered mills for about two hundred years. It served as the nearest thing to a town center, with a post office, stores, church and the Goff Memorial Hall. Its buildings form a visually unified record of Rehoboth's development, and the nomination applies criteria A, B and C.","narrative":"Rehoboth Village is a compact cluster of buildings along Bay State Road and Locust Street at the geographic center of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Settlers came around 1700 for the water power of a fall line in the Palmer River, and gristmills, sawmills and later cotton mills operated there for roughly two hundred years. The village also held the town's first post office, a succession of general stores, and the Goff Memorial Hall, the home of the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society and later its library. Buildings range from a mid-18th-century three-quarter house to Federal and Greek Revival houses, Queen Anne dwellings, and the brick Tudor Revival hall of 1915 designed by William R. Walker and Son of Providence. Winding roads, mature plantings, a mill pond and surrounding fields preserve the setting. The district was recognized for its architectural character and its close ties to the community's economic, social and civic development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William R. Walker and Son (Goff Memorial Hall, 1915)","architectural_style":"Varied: Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne and Tudor Revival, plus vernacular buildings","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The Congregational Church Parish House has housed the Blanding Library since 1951; the village is described as having changed little since the 19th century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.524642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7897/63789769/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000707.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000707/ea9b3d76e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000707/ea9b3d76e1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Cong_Rehoboth.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Cong_Rehoboth.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789769","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7309848"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/rehoboth-village-historic-district-83000707/"}