{"nrhp_refnum":"87000306","name":"Crosby, Daniel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Bay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barnstable","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.62889595300004,"lon":-70.38781649099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1790 half Cape cottage at 18 Bay Street in Osterville, a village of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The architect is unknown, and it sits on a 0.15-acre residential lot.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the home of Daniel Crosby, ancestor of all Osterville Crosbys, including the noted boatbuilders. It is also a fine unaltered example of a Federal period half Cape. It is located on the access to North and West Bays, where most boatbuilding took place.","narrative":"Built around 1790, this half Cape cottage at 18 Bay Street in Osterville has a three-bay facade, a side entry and a side chimney. It rises one and a half stories to a gable roof, with projecting window frames holding 6/6 sash and a simply framed entry. The exterior is clad in clapboard and shingle, and the form records no major alterations and no outbuildings. The house is tied to Daniel Crosby (1765-1828), ancestor of all Osterville Crosbys, including the noted boatbuilders, who was known as a merchant from 1804 to 1854. It sits along the route to North and West Bays, where most local boatbuilding took place. Later owners included the Reverend Edward Bourne Hinckley, a Methodist minister and the first village librarian. The house later served as home of the village historical society until the early 1960s. It was listed for its association with a notable local figure and as a well-preserved Federal period half Cape.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian (described in the text as a Federal period half Cape)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good with no major alterations; the house is a present dwelling and has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.82549-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7890/63789077/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87000306.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000306/3c238a1861-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000306/3c238a1861-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BarnstableMA_DanielCrosbyHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">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:BarnstableMA_DanielCrosbyHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789077","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Crosby_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/crosby-daniel-house-87000306/"}