{"nrhp_refnum":"89000552","name":"Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"83 Lebanon Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.06029930650004,"lon":-72.03434750876824,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story, four-bay, central-chimney Cape-type farmhouse at 83 Lebanon Hill Road in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built before 1796, with a 19th-century barn at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the least altered pre-1816 residence remaining in Southbridge and reflects the town's settlement period and its lasting agricultural economy. It is also considered a regionally significant example of the four-bay Cape Cod house form. It is cited under criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Set close to the road on Lebanon Hill Road in Southbridge, this one-and-a-half story farmhouse dates from before 1796. It has four bays, a central chimney, clapboard siding and overhanging gables on the sides. Original details include a three-light transom over the main entrance and a six-panel door with moulded panels. A 19th-century barn with a cupola, bracketed eaves and tongue-and-groove battened doors stands at the rear. Lebanon Hill Road began as an Indian trail and was among the earliest roads in the town, and a farmhouse existed near this spot on the 1796 survey, mapped in 1812. Deacon Cyrus Ammidown, an early Baptist church deacon, owned the place, followed by Elbridge G. Harding, who held it by 1855. The house is described as the least altered pre-1816 residence left in Southbridge. It is recognized for its link to local settlement and farming and for its regionally notable Cape form.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Cape-type New England (timber frame vernacular)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; in use as a residence. Central chimney was made smaller in the mid-19th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.9929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7931/63793166/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000552/038c743eef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000552/038c743eef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthbridgeMA_AmmidownHardingFarmhouse.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:SouthbridgeMA_AmmidownHardingFarmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793166","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammidown-Harding_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4747239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/ammidown-harding-farmhouse-89000552/"}