{"nrhp_refnum":"89000741","name":"Stimpson, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22 Prospect St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50570164900006,"lon":-71.08061247199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, five-bay Federal-style house at 22 Prospect Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, built before 1795 by William Stimpson, a physician. It is a dwelling on a raised lot of under one acre.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a typical, well-preserved example of early Federal design in Wakefield. It keeps a central chimney, a local variation on the standard Federal plan, and retains its integrity. It also has local historical links to Dr. William Stimpson and to the later Atwell family, who made razor strops at the rear of the house.","narrative":"Standing at 22 Prospect Street in Wakefield, this 2½-story, five-bay clapboard house dates from before 1795 and reflects early Federal design as practiced locally. Its central chimney is a local variation, since contemporary Federal houses in other communities had moved to double chimneys. Other features include a boxed cornice with eave returns, 6/6 sash, simply molded window surrounds, and a slightly paired arrangement of the outer bays on the north facade. Inside are six fireplaces and two brick ovens, which a local researcher suggested may mean it was first intended as a two-family house. William Stimpson, a physician, probably had it built between 1765 and 1804 after moving his earlier house elsewhere in town. Later owner William Atwell, a razor strop manufacturer, ran his shop at the rear, and the property stayed in the Atwell family into the 20th century. It is valued as a well-preserved local example of Federal architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Stimpson (builder/original owner, physician); architect listed as NA","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a dwelling; condition marked on the form as fair/poor; additions made at the southwest corner and a shed addition on the south side in the 20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.714874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7907/63790747/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000741.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000741/1c0c25fc08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000741/1c0c25fc08-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_WilliamStimpsonHouse.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:WakefieldMA_WilliamStimpsonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stimpson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018846"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/stimpson-william-house-89000741/"}