{"nrhp_refnum":"87001777","name":"Northside Historic District","other_names":["Yarmouth","Yarmouthport"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 6A between Barnstable-Yarmouth town line & White Brock","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yarmouth","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.70394850000005,"lon":-70.24989215105255,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture","Maritime History","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 50-acre linear village district along Route 6A (Hallet and Main Streets) on the Cape Cod Bay side of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, covering the Yarmouth and Yarmouthport villages. It holds mostly residences built between 1750 and 1850, plus mid-19th-century commercial and institutional buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a well-preserved linear village that was the earliest settlement core and civic center of Yarmouth, and later a commercial focus on an important transportation corridor. It contains a significant cluster of Federal and Greek Revival buildings in regionally important house types, notably Cape Cod and gable-front houses. It is listed locally under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Strung along about two miles of Route 6A on the Cape Cod Bay side of Yarmouth, this 50-acre district joins the villages of Yarmouth and Yarmouthport. It preserves a linear village whose houses mostly date from the 1780s to the 1860s. Two house types dominate: low Cape Cod houses from the colonial and Federal periods, and gable-front houses with restrained Greek Revival detail from the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. Larger Georgian, Federal, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne houses appear in smaller numbers. Taverns, inns and stores, including the Old Yarmouth Inn of about 1690, reflect the road's role as a trade and travel corridor. Churches, a library, a trade school and a lyceum hall mark its civic life. Of 298 buildings, 211 contribute to the district's character. It was listed for its architecture and for its role as the early settlement and civic center of the town, with a period of significance from 1700 to 1900.","period_of_significance":"1700-1900","architect_builder":"various","architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival; Cape Cod houses and gable front houses","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form states that all buildings are well maintained and that the district retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.687815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7939/63793989/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87001777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001777/7feba01ff7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001777/7feba01ff7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_New_Church,_1870,_Yarmouth_Port,_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:The_New_Church,_1870,_Yarmouth_Port,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793989","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northside_Historic_District_(Yarmouth,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7059744"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/northside-historic-district-87001777/"}