{"nrhp_refnum":"90000065","name":"Smuggler's House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"361 Pearse Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swansea","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.734913877000054,"lon":-71.22325603299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Federal-style farmhouse at 361 Pearse Road in the Touisset section of Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, built about 1800 and originally part of a 50-acre farm.","why_significant":"The house is an intact Federal period farmhouse that keeps its integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship and association. It is tied to Swansea's 19th-century maritime life and to a reported use as a hideaway for goods smuggled in during the War of 1812. It is cited as meeting Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Known locally as the Smuggler's House, this farmhouse at 361 Pearse Road in Swansea's Touisset section dates to about 1800. It is a 1½-story, five-bay, gabled Federal dwelling with a double-pile plan, a single brick chimney, a pilaster-framed center entry with a six-panel door and transom, and 12/12 windows. A 1938 restoration, after the house fell into disrepair in the early 20th century, added two dormers and a one-story kitchen wing. A mid-19th-century milk house and an early 20th-century garage stand to the north. The name comes from a reported use of the house to hide goods such as tea smuggled into Swansea during the War of 1812. Pearse Road links the property to the old Pearse's Wharf on the Cole's River. In 1820 William and Anna Gardner owned the house, and Captain Gardner commanded a cargo ship. Later resident Aaron H. Wood became captain of the merchant ship Monarch of the Sea. The house is valued as an intact farmhouse tied to the town's seafaring past.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in use as a residence; it has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.982143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7896/63789667/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000065.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000065/7f27237be5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000065/7f27237be5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SwanseaMA_SmugglersHouse.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:SwanseaMA_SmugglersHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789667","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggler%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7546595"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/smugglers-house-90000065/"}