{"nrhp_refnum":"84002152","name":"Leonard, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Warren St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.91429945600004,"lon":-71.10733375599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A central chimney Colonial house at 3 Warren Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, dated to about 1752 from a newspaper article and reputedly built for Captain James Leonard. It is a wood-shingled residence on a lot of under one acre.","why_significant":"The form argues it may be the oldest standing house on Warren Street and is tied to an early industrial family of the Whittenton area. It is also described as one of a small number of well-preserved Colonial-period houses in Taunton and the most intact example of an unadorned vernacular type. It is said to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association.","narrative":"Built around 1752 at 3 Warren Street in Taunton, this central chimney house is reputed to have been the home of Captain James Leonard, who served as Muster Master for Bristol County during the Revolution. He descended from the James Leonard credited with building the first dam and iron bloomery on the Mill River in 1670. The Leonard family stayed involved in the industrial growth of the Whittenton area through the 18th and 19th centuries, owning land and running many mills. The house has a five-bay facade with untrimmed windows and door, second-story windows that meet the eaves, and gable ends where the wall surface projects slightly, a regional trait of the 18th century. Wood shingles were added in the 20th century. It is considered possibly the oldest standing house on Warren Street and one of few well-preserved Colonial houses in Taunton, and it remains a residence today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Central Chimney Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; wood shingles were added in the 20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.780818-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7895/63789509/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002152.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002152/d743da48be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002152/d743da48be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_JamesLeonardHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_JamesLeonardHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789509","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leonard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6137988"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/leonard-james-house-84002152/"}