{"nrhp_refnum":"90000063","name":"Simcock House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1074 Sharps Lot Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swansea","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.78039548400005,"lon":-71.17152439499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse and farmstead at 1074 Sharps Lot Road in northeastern Swansea, Massachusetts, built about 1765 in a Georgian vernacular style by an unknown builder. The nominated area is the building cluster on less than one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house meets Criterion C as a unique form of vernacular Georgian house in Swansea. Its asymmetrical three-bay, center-entry facade is unusual locally, even though its 2½-story height, center chimney and three-room plan are typical. The farm's later dairying and market gardening also reflect important parts of Swansea's late 19th and early 20th century economy.","narrative":"Built around 1765, this farmhouse at 1074 Sharps Lot Road sits in a rural part of northeastern Swansea. It is a 2½-story, shingled, center-chimney house with a three-room plan, but its three-bay facade has an entry right of center and irregularly spaced windows, which is unusual for the town. A two-story gabled ell was added at the rear in the early 19th century, and the interior has six fireplaces. Barn and well house outbuildings date from about 1890, along with an altered milk house. Local records show the Simcock family, English immigrants who came to work in Fall River textile mills, owning the farm by the late 19th century. They ran it for dairying and market gardening, which continues today. The house was listed for its architecture as a distinctive local variation on Georgian vernacular design. Its original form remains uncertain, and it may have begun as a two-bay half-house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, used as a residence/farmstead, with market gardening still operating on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.793055-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7895/63789547/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000063.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000063/1809a59c73-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000063/1809a59c73-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simcock_House,_Swansea_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Simcock_House,_Swansea_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789547","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcock_House_(Swansea,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7517488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/simcock-house-90000063/"}