{"nrhp_refnum":"84002307","name":"Barker, Stephen, House","other_names":["Woodland Cottage"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"165 Haverhill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Methuen","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.70673812900003,"lon":-71.19879830099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house at 165 Haverhill Street in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, built in 1839 and known as Woodland Cottage, with two barns and a carriage house/garage on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-conserved country residence, one of several handsome houses built at the edge of the Methuen settlement in the mid 19th century. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship and meets criterion C. Its design is described as one of Methuen's most unusual, with original dormers and a column porch.","narrative":"Woodland Cottage, at 165 Haverhill Street in Methuen, is a Greek Revival house dating to 1839, with later additions. It is described as one of the town's most unusual residences. Six gable-roofed dormers are an original part of the design by owner Stephen Barker, and a fluted Doric column porch runs around three sides of the steep gable roof. The side-hall entry is framed by glazed sidelights and a transom. The property also has a carriage house/garage that reportedly contains structural members from a 1737 barn, along with two barns. Barker, a surveyor, reportedly modeled the house on antebellum mansions he had seen in the South. It is valued as a well-conserved country residence, one of several handsome houses built on the edge of the Methuen settlement in the mid 19th century. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and is still a private home in a mixed residential and commercial area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stephen Barker (surveyor and owner, reportedly built it); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is private residence; the form reports no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.583021-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7900/63790088/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002307.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002307/f59faf004d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002307/f59faf004d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Barker_Place_Methuen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Barker_Place_Methuen.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790088","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7608652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/barker-stephen-house-84002307/"}