{"nrhp_refnum":"86002139","name":"Clark-Eames House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Middlefield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.343356379000056,"lon":-73.07492853499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story Federal-style cottage on Middlefield Road in Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, dating from about 1782-1797, on a lot of under two acres.","why_significant":"It is one of the few surviving late 18th-century dwellings in Washington and a well-preserved example of a modest Federal cottage. It documents the town's dispersed, isolated settlement pattern. Its shift from farm to vacation home reflects the growing recreational use of the town.","narrative":"Built between about 1782 and 1797 on Middlefield Road in Washington, Massachusetts, this Federal-style cottage is one of the few late 18th-century houses still standing in the town. It is one and a half stories tall and five bays wide, with a center chimney set forward of the ridge. The center entrance is sheltered by a spindled and bracketed gable-roofed portico added in the late 19th century. Other decoration is restrained: simple window frames with shallow lintels, corner boards and a raking cornice. For much of the 19th century the house was the seat of a farm of about 70 acres, and it now sits on a lot of under two acres in a rural setting. It is used as a vacation residence. The property was listed as an intact example of Federal-period building and as evidence of Washington's scattered pattern of settlement, which persisted long after other hill towns developed village centers. It retains its original design, materials and setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal cottage","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as excellent; presently used as a vacation residence in a rural setting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.258413-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7892/63789228/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86002139.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002139/15391d0eee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002139/15391d0eee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WashingtonMA_ClarkEamesHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WashingtonMA_ClarkEamesHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark%E2%80%93Eames_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127123"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/clark-eames-house-86002139/"}