{"nrhp_refnum":"89000747","name":"Woodward Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52419115200007,"lon":-71.07903522399994,"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 Federal-style house at 17 Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, part of which was built before 1765. It faces south on a triangle of land south of Route 128 and has served as a dwelling throughout its history.","why_significant":"The form argues the house is locally significant for its architecture (criterion C) because it shows curious variations from a standard Federal house, including two interior chimneys and an older northern entry. It also records the house's ties to the early Woodward settler family and later owners who farmed the land.","narrative":"This five-bay Federal house at 17 Main Street in Wakefield includes a section built before 1765. It has a gable roof and two interior chimneys, which set it apart from most local contemporaries that kept a single chimney. The northern half is a story and a half on granite block foundations, while the southern half drops to two and a half stories on brick to suit the site. The older northern entry has a molded surround and corner blocks, and the southern entrance is Greek Revival with a pediment, probably added in the 1830s. The Woodward family were early settlers of South Reading, arriving before 1700, and John Woodward occupied the house by 1765. Later owners included the Stimpson family, the Boston trader Silas Penniman, and Lemuel Tileston, who kept a sort of public house there. William Stimpson, a bricklayer, farmed the land. Dormers, south porticos and a west ell were added this century. The house is valued locally for its unusual architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; present use is a dwelling, with a hospital building listed as an outbuilding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.03251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7907/63790753/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000747.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000747/b531ff5967-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000747/b531ff5967-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_WoodwardHomestead.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_WoodwardHomestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/woodward-homestead-89000747/"}