{"nrhp_refnum":"88001459","name":"New Boston Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of MA 8 and MA 57","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandisfield","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.094026350000036,"lon":-73.07729242099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame inn complex at the junction of Routes 8 and 57 in the village of New Boston, Sandisfield, Massachusetts, on a 2.0-acre lot. It has a mid-18th-century core, a ca. 1790 Federal addition and a late 19th-century carriage shed ell and barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is the best-preserved central-hall Federal period building in Sandisfield and has operated as an inn nearly continuously for over 230 years. It is an unusually well-preserved rural hotel tied to the overland transport system of upland Massachusetts and to early 20th-century automobile tourism. It is listed under criteria A and C, in the areas of architecture and commerce.","narrative":"Standing at the crossing of the West Branch of the Farmington River in the village of New Boston, this inn grew in several phases from a mid-18th-century house built by Daniel Brown, who was recorded as an innholder by 1757. About 1790 his son Sanford added a 2-1/2 story Federal section with a central hall and a second-floor ballroom with a vaulted ceiling and sprung dance floor. A carriage shed ell and barn followed in the late 19th century under owner Charles H. Hunt. The inn served stage lines on the Tenth Massachusetts Turnpike, housed a post office from 1825 to 1839, and later welcomed automobile tourists drawn to the Berkshires in the 1920s. It is considered the best-preserved Federal period central-hall building in Sandisfield and has operated as an inn almost continuously for more than 230 years. These qualities led to its recognition for architecture and commerce.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1750 - 1938","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"New England Colonial; Federal Adamesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to operate as both a restaurant and an inn; the carriage shed ell was converted to guest rooms in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.717785-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7941/63794194/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88001459.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001459/8db0e28f4b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001459/8db0e28f4b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Boston_Inn,_New_Boston_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:New_Boston_Inn,_New_Boston_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007554","name":"New Boston Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/new-boston-village-historic-district-100007554/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794194","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Boston_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7005618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/new-boston-inn-88001459/"}