{"nrhp_refnum":"84000550","name":"Higgins, Jedediah, House","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"26 Higgins Hollow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Truro","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":42.00994191600006,"lon":-70.05118280699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story, full Cape Cod style house with a central chimney on Higgins Hollow Road in North Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, within Cape Cod National Seashore. It dates to the 19th century; the builder is not named.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a representative example of the 19th-century Cape Cod double house, with an intact central facade, floor plan and interior finishes. It is described as one of the least altered such houses among those the Park Service owns. It is also a reminder of the farming settlement that once dominated the Truro countryside.","narrative":"This 1½-story full Cape house on Higgins Hollow Road in North Truro is a 19th-century example of a form that began on Cape Cod in the late 17th century. It measures 29 by 34 feet, faces south, and has post and beam construction on brick footings with a circular cellar. The south wall is clapboarded, the other sides are shingled, and a central entry is flanked by two windows on each side. Inside, wide floorboards, raised panel work and Federal style sunken panelling survive from the early 19th century. A shed dormer and a rear ell were added around 1950, but they are identifiable and consistent with traditional changes to Cape houses. The house was listed because its facade, floor plan and interior finishes are largely intact, and because it ranks among the least altered 19th-century Cape houses owned by the Park Service within the seashore. It also recalls the farms that once covered Truro's now reforested fields.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"19th-century Cape Cod style house (full Cape / double house) with Federal style interior panel work","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, on its original site, with a modern shed dormer (ca 1950) and a one-story ell (ca 1950).","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.016409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7939/63793952/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84000550.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000550/6650604600-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000550/6650604600-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Cervin Robinson, HABS","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HABS_Jedediah_Higgins_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cervin Robinson, HABS</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HABS_Jedediah_Higgins_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793952","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Higgins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6172725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/higgins-jedediah-house-84000550/"}