{"nrhp_refnum":"83000785","name":"Brown, Col. Roger, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1694 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Concord","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45325571500007,"lon":-71.40854622799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, five-bay clapboard house at 1694 Main Street in Concord, Massachusetts, on a quarter-acre lot beside the Damon Mill. It was built or rebuilt in 1775 and is also known as the Lot Conant of 1775 House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Roger Brown, a Revolutionary-era minuteman and later colonel, and his son John Brown, who were tied to local military and industrial history. It also cites the property's link to the adjacent mill site. Architecturally, the house mixes typical and unusual late 18th-century features that may point to an earlier construction date.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Main Street and Pond Lane in Concord, this 2½-story clapboard house has a central chimney, a symmetrical five-bay facade and a four-room plan. Local tradition dates its present form to 1775, when carpenters working on it reportedly took up arms at Concord Bridge. Inside, panelled front rooms, a brick-vaulted basement and hand-hewn attic rafters survive. Some features, including projecting window mouldings, paired chimney flues and the entry porch design, suggest it may be older than 1775. The house is linked to Roger Brown, a corporal in the Framingham Minutemen who later led a company against Shays' Rebellion and rose to colonel. His son John Brown, born here, served in the War of 1812 and joined a partner in building a cotton spinning mill on the neighboring Damon Mill site. The property earlier belonged to the Conant family, who ran small mills nearby. Its military and industrial associations and its architecture support its listing.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899 (specific date 1775)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, occupied as a private residence, with excellent panelling on the first floor; some alterations noted, including removal of a rear partition and a c. 1960 below-grade studio.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.361181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7959/63795965/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000785.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000785/d3177ad29a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000785/d3177ad29a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Esc861","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Brown_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Esc861</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Brown_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795965","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Roger_Brown_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5148170"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/brown-col-roger-house-83000785/"}