{"nrhp_refnum":"84002437","name":"Swan, Asie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"669 Prospect St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Methuen","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.740584427000044,"lon":-71.16639962999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story clapboard Colonial Vernacular house at 669 Prospect Street, Methuen, Massachusetts, built around 1720 and moved to its present site in 1808 from near Prospect Hill, now part of Lawrence.","why_significant":"The house hosted Methuen's first town meetings beginning in 1726, before a meeting house was built on Meeting House Hill in 1727. It reflects the town's early settlement period, when there was no nucleated town center. It is also a good example of a vernacular 18th-century house in the Methuen area, retaining integrity of design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built around 1720, this 1½-story clapboard house at 669 Prospect Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, is a modest example of Colonial Vernacular building. It has a five-bay facade with a sidelit central entry, 6/6 double-hung windows with simple enframements, and a granite foundation. Dormers break up the broad roof and appear to be a later addition. The house was moved in 1808 from its original site near Prospect Hill, an area now part of Lawrence. Its main historical importance lies in Methuen's early town government. From 1726 it served for the town's first town meetings, before a meeting house was completed on Meeting House Hill in 1727. That use ties it to an early settlement period when Methuen had no concentrated town center. The property was recognized for this association with early town meeting history and for its vernacular design, which the form says retains integrity of materials, design and workmanship. It remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"18th century Colonial Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a private residence; the form reports no major alterations, though the dormers appear to be later additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.614781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7902/63790210/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002437/6444cace81-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002437/6444cace81-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"EraserGirl","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asie_Swan_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EraserGirl</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asie_Swan_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asie_Swan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4806886"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/swan-asie-house-84002437/"}