{"nrhp_refnum":"90000052","name":"Barneyville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Old Providence and Barneyville Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swansea","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.77173300000004,"lon":-71.28107967096332,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural residential historic district of about 27 acres in northwestern Swansea, Massachusetts, straddling the Palmer (Warren) River along Old Providence and Barneyville Roads. It contains buildings dating from about 1750 to 1939.","why_significant":"The district holds the greatest concentration of buildings tied to the village's growth from the mid-18th to early 20th century. Barneyville grew from an agricultural settlement into a self-sufficient village built on the Barney shipyard and later jewelry manufacturing. It is described as meeting Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Barneyville is a small riverside village in northwestern Swansea, Massachusetts, where houses from about 1750 to the early 20th century line Old Providence and Barneyville Roads on both banks of the Palmer River. The district covers roughly 27 acres and includes 13 contributing and 16 noncontributing resources. Settlement began with the Rev. John Myles's garrisoned home, after 1663. The village took its name and identity from the Barney shipyard, begun by Jonathan Barney and expanded by his son Mason, whose yard launched 137 ships between 1803 and 1859. Jewelry manufacturing, started by Daniel R. Child, replaced shipbuilding until the early 1920s. Surviving buildings include Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival houses, among them the ca. 1750 Barney House and the Mason Barney House. A 1938 concrete bridge, site markers and a golf course also lie within the boundaries. The district keeps its rural character and is entirely residential today.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1750-1939","architect_builder":"Jonathan Barney (built the double house at 22-24 Barneyville Road and the family homestead)","architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now entirely residential and in good general condition; the house at 331 Old Providence Road is described as currently abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.761217-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7896/63789677/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000052/aab5d756d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000052/aab5d756d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barneyville_Historic_District_sign.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:Barneyville_Historic_District_sign.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789677","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneyville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4861811"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/barneyville-historic-district-90000052/"}