{"nrhp_refnum":"88000705","name":"Tucker Farm Historic District","other_names":["Gidley Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1178 Tucker Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dartmouth","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.62983950000006,"lon":-70.98216962411419,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 57-acre historic farm district at 1178 Tucker Road in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on land bought by Henry Tucker in 1669. It includes two houses (ca. 1720 and ca. 1809), a barn, outbuildings and stone-walled fields.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a large, intact complex that keeps much of the original Tucker land holding, still owned by his descendants. It meets Criterion A for its link to an important local family and to the settlement and agricultural development of Dartmouth. It meets Criterion C for its architecture, with two well-preserved houses and an intact agricultural setting. Significance is rated local.","narrative":"Tucker Farm is a 57-acre agricultural district on Tucker Road in northern Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Stone walls define its fields, where alfalfa, hay and winter rye are grown alongside pasture. A residential and barnyard area holds two wood-shingled houses, one from about 1720 and one from about 1809, plus a ca. 1850 barn, a carriage house from about 1800 and smaller sheds. The older house has post-and-beam framing and an ell that likely sits on the site of Henry Tucker's stone house. The Federal-style house grew from a three-bay core to five bays in 1830, with rear additions later in the century. The land traces to Henry Tucker, a Quaker who bought a share of Dartmouth in 1669, and his descendants still own it. The farm is recognized as an intact example of Dartmouth's dispersed agricultural settlement, with notable early architecture and a largely unchanged landscape.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1669-1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial-Georgian; Early Republic-Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both houses are described as in excellent condition; fields are still partly cultivated and the farm remains in the Tucker family's ownership. The barn is now used as a horse barn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.135397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7943/63794382/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88000705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000705/5190a4c14f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000705/5190a4c14f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DartmouthMA_TuckerFarmhouse.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:DartmouthMA_TuckerFarmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794382","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Farm_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7851067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/tucker-farm-historic-district-88000705/"}