{"nrhp_refnum":"86001859","name":"Old Shephard Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1832 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.33635171900005,"lon":-71.24069942399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c.1740 Georgian farmhouse at 1832 Washington Street in Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts, once part of the original Shephard farmstead. It is a clapboard dwelling with a barn and shed, and it was moved to its present site in 1953.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion B for its association with Alexander Sheperd, a prominent early Auburndale resident who fought at Lexington and Concord. Under Criterion C, it is one of few surviving eighteenth-century structures in Auburndale that reflect the village's early agricultural economy.","narrative":"This farmhouse at 1832 Washington Street in Auburndale, Newton, dates to about 1740 and was part of the Old Shephard Farm, which local tradition credits to Alexander Sheperd, Senior, a local citizen who fought at Lexington and Concord in 1775. It is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular, clapboard house with a low-pitched gable roof and a five-bay facade typical of the mid-eighteenth century. The narrow center entrance has a flat entablature. A two-story wing was added to the south side, and the main roof was extended over it. A rear wing, thought to be the oldest section, was detached and moved in 1953, and the house itself was moved from 1828 Washington Street and turned a quarter turn. Sheperd sold the 60-acre farm to John Pigeon in 1770, and the Allen family later owned the house for over a century. It is listed as one of few surviving eighteenth-century structures tied to Auburndale's agricultural past.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Alexander Sheperd, Senior, according to local tradition","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as very good; present use is a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.033969-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/7914/63791464/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001859.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001859/ed93d9ed27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001859/ed93d9ed27-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_OldShephardFarm.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:NewtonMA_OldShephardFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791464","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Shephard_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/old-shephard-farm-86001859/"}