{"nrhp_refnum":"83004119","name":"Farnum, R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Uxbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.079447826000035,"lon":-71.62547937699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-storey Victorian Gothic house at 20 Oak Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, built about 1875-1880 for R. Farnum, with clapboard walls and a dressed granite foundation. A stable and a garage stand on the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant mainly for its well-preserved design, as one of Uxbridge's most ornate and best-preserved examples of Victorian Gothic architecture. It has no known historical associations. It is said to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"Built around 1875-1880 at 20 Oak Street in Uxbridge, this 2½-storey clapboard house is an ornate local example of Victorian Gothic design. It rests on a dressed granite foundation and follows a side-hall plan with an asymmetrical gabled east facade. Notable features include double entry doors, a porch with Gothic decorative motifs, bargeboards and a pierced apron in the gable. Similar detailing appears on the south side, which has a two-storey bay window and a rear porch. A stable and a garage remain on the small lot, and no major alterations are apparent. The only known owner, R. Farnum, appears on an 1898 map and was probably a member of the large Farnum family that settled in Uxbridge in the early eighteenth century, though no specific information about him has been found. The house was listed for its architecture rather than any historical associations, as one of the town's most ornate and well-preserved Victorian Gothic buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"No major alterations apparent; present use is the same as the original residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.450233-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7931/63793140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83004119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004119/dba5269754-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004119/dba5269754-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UxbridgeMA_RFarnumHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UxbridgeMA_RFarnumHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793140","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Farnum_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273624"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/farnum-r-house-83004119/"}