{"nrhp_refnum":"84002094","name":"Brow's Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 Tremont St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.91178093000008,"lon":-71.12425152799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1780 Federal-style wood-frame building at 211 Tremont Street in West Taunton, Massachusetts, originally used as a residence and tavern. It was enlarged around 1800 with a half-house addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good local example of its type and period that retains almost all important architectural features. It is also the only surviving 18th-century building in the area associated with tavern use. It is reputed to be an early tavern on the Bristol Path, now Tremont Street.","narrative":"Brow's Tavern is a clapboard-sided, wood-frame building at 211 Tremont Street in West Taunton, Massachusetts, dated to about 1780. It is reputed to have served as an early tavern on the Bristol Path, the route now called Tremont Street, and is regarded as a landmark of West Taunton. The building is believed to have begun as a typical five-bay Cape-type house. Around 1800 it was enlarged by three more bays, creating what is known as a half-house. The extended gable-roof cottage has eight bays, with entrances in the third and sixth bays framed by tapered pilasters. The older doorway has a narrow transom, and a drilled bedmolding marks the cornice. It was listed because it is a good local example of its type and period that keeps almost all of its important architectural features, and because it is the only surviving 18th-century building in the area linked to tavern use. It remains a residence on a lot of about half an acre.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.253145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/7893/63789335/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002094.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002094/1070ed06ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002094/1070ed06ab-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brow_Tavern_Taunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brow_Tavern_Taunton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789335","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brow%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4975883"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/brows-tavern-84002094/"}