{"nrhp_refnum":"84002377","name":"House at 136 Hampstead Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"136 Hampstead St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Methuen","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.77645510050007,"lon":-71.17430961172322,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival farmhouse at 136 Hampstead Street in the rural northeast corner of Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, built around 1840 by an unknown architect. It sits on a lot of about 12.7 acres at a major intersection.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent, well preserved example of the broad-gabled Greek Revival house built in outlying agricultural parts of Methuen. Farms like this supplied produce to markets in Lawrence and Lowell and show that farms were still being developed while the town's central industrial and commercial area began to grow. It is judged to retain integrity of location, setting, design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built around 1840, this clapboard farmhouse at 136 Hampstead Street stands at a major intersection in the rural northeast corner of Methuen, Massachusetts. It is a broad-gabled Greek Revival dwelling with a five-bay main facade and a four-bay eastern facade, each with a well detailed central entry. The east facade keeps its glazed transom and narrow pilasters, and the house rests on a granite foundation beneath a triangular pediment and simple cornice. A gable-roofed clapboard barn remains on the property, and the south entrance porch has been enclosed. The house was listed for its architecture and for what it shows about local farming. Farms of this kind sent produce to markets in Lawrence and Lowell, and they show that agricultural land in Methuen was still being developed in the early to mid 19th century, just as the central industrial and commercial district began to grow. It remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is private residence, same as original use. The main (south) entrance porch has been enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.268156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7900/63790090/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002377.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002377/fc1483613d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002377/fc1483613d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"EraserGirl","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_136_Hampstead_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EraserGirl</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_136_Hampstead_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790090","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_136_Hampstead_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5913935"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/house-at-136-hampstead-street-84002377/"}