{"nrhp_refnum":"86000507","name":"Sanger, Asa, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"70 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sherborn","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.23554923800003,"lon":-71.38061100299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residence at 70 Washington Street, Sherborn, Massachusetts, built about 1700-1720 with an integral lean-to and a five-bay facade, still used as a residence.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a fine example of the transition from First Period to Georgian-style dwellings. It keeps the massive form, central chimney and lean-to of the earlier type, with the symmetry and plan of the later style. It is also associated with the Sanger family, prominent in Sherborn, and with Asa Sanger, who left his roof work to head for Concord.","narrative":"This house at 70 Washington Street in Sherborn dates to the early decades of the 18th century, though an exact construction date has not been established. It shows the shift from massive First Period building to lighter, symmetrical Georgian design. Its five-bay facade has simply framed 9/6 windows, an integral lean-to, and a large brick chimney rising from the center of the ridge. Early ownership is credited to Elisha Bullen. By the Revolution it belonged to Asa Sanger, a farmer who, according to a 19th-century history, was putting on a roof when he heard cannon fire and set off for Concord. The Sangers were a prominent Sherborn family involved in farming, tavern and shop keeping, law, and later factory ownership. The building stayed largely intact until the 1960s, when the clapboards were shingled and a Greek Revival-style entry replaced the earlier transom-topped doorway. It was listed for its architecture and its association with the Sanger family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period/Georgian transitional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; clapboards now covered with wood shingles and the entrance altered about 1960.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.232209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7907/63790797/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000507/7bfde064ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000507/7bfde064ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_Sanger_House_-_Sherborn,_Massachusetts_-_DSC02976.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_Sanger_House_-_Sherborn,_Massachusetts_-_DSC02976.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790797","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Sanger_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4803156"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/sanger-asa-house-86000507/"}