{"nrhp_refnum":"83004101","name":"Adams, Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"81 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Uxbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.08033910300003,"lon":-71.63373643799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-storey, timber-frame Federalist house at 81 North Main Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, dating from before 1792, with decorative details added around 1800-1815. It was built for Benjamin Adams and has a stable outbuilding.","why_significant":"The house keeps several fine elements of its original Federalist design, including an elliptical-fanlight doorway, a porch with paired columns and a mutule cornice. It is also tied to Benjamin Adams, a locally prominent lawyer who served as a state representative and a U.S. Congressman. The form says it meets criteria A, B and C.","narrative":"Set on North Main Street in Uxbridge, this two-storey timber-frame house was built before 1792 and received its Federalist decorative details between about 1800 and 1815. It rests on a hammered granite foundation. The symmetrical west facade centers on a doorway with a panelled door, sidelights and an elliptical fanlight, sheltered by an open porch with paired columns and a half-hip roof. A cornice decorated with mutules runs the length of the facade. Aluminum siding and replacement sash have altered the exterior, but the form judges that the house keeps its integrity of location, design, setting and workmanship. The house is linked to Benjamin Adams, born in Mendon in 1764 and a Brown University graduate. He became Uxbridge's second lawyer, served in the General Court from 1809 to 1813, represented Worcester South in Congress, and helped found the Blackstone Bank in 1825. By the mid-1850s the property had passed to the Gunn family, and it remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federalist","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Altered with aluminum siding and replacement 2/2 sash in the 20th century, and a side porch added about 1900-1920. It remains a residence, the same as its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.414444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7936/63793611/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83004101.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004101/5a1e1cc5f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004101/5a1e1cc5f8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Own work","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Adams_House_Fall_2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Own work</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Adams_House_Fall_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793611","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Adams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/adams-benjamin-house-83004101/"}