{"nrhp_refnum":"89000744","name":"Goodwin, Captain-James Custis House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.505971645000045,"lon":-71.08062143499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story L-shaped farmhouse at 1 Elm Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on a sloping lot under one acre at the foot of Cowdry Hill. It is dated pre-1770 and c. 1830, and the form lists no architect.","why_significant":"The form calls it a well-preserved Greek Revival farmhouse that retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is also tied to James Eustis, a prominent mid-19th-century Wakefield resident and town figure. The form claims local-level significance under Criteria B and C.","narrative":"This L-shaped farmhouse at 1 Elm Street in Wakefield faces east on a sloping lot at the foot of Cowdry Hill. It appears to have been built in two stages, with dates given as pre-1770 and c. 1830. The Greek Revival section presents its gable end to the street, with full eave returns forming a pediment whose tympanum is flushboarded to resemble stone. A wide watertable, high granite foundations and moderately wide cornerboards mark the style. The wing has flushboarding on the first floor, clapboards above, and a well-developed Greek Revival doorway with sidelights. Which section is older remains uncertain without interior analysis. The house is linked to James Eustis, who settled in South Reading in 1827, sold dry goods from the ell, and later farmed. He helped found an agricultural library and a horticultural society, served as selectman, and worked as an insurance agent and auctioneer. His heirs divided the farmland for development in the 1880s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and perhaps Federal","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; the building is in use as a dwelling, as it was originally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.616969-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7909/63790946/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000744.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000744/2fbf195110-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000744/2fbf195110-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_CaptainGoodwinJamesCustisHouse.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_CaptainGoodwinJamesCustisHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790946","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Goodwin%E2%80%93James_Eustis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/goodwin-captain-james-custis-house-89000744/"}