{"nrhp_refnum":"90000171","name":"Bullard, Isaac, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"77 Ashland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holliston","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.228369970000074,"lon":-71.43511040199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A First Period saltbox house at 77 Ashland Street in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built around 1710 by an unknown builder. It is a clapboard residence on about 3 acres.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C for embodying late First Period structural carpentry and interior planning. It is a good example of early eighteenth-century exposed framing with quirk-beaded members. Its longitudinal second-story summer beam is unusual and may relate to the Middlesex County continuation of a common/principal rafter roof system.","narrative":"Isaac Bullard House, at 77 Ashland Street in Holliston, is a clapboard saltbox dating to around 1710. Its First Period core consists of the eastern rooms and chimney bay. A western bay and a rear leanto were added in the later eighteenth century. The frame of the original section is quirk-beaded with runout stops on the exposed plates and summer beams. Its second-story summer beam runs lengthwise, an unusual feature. The attic roof keeps its original common-rafter system, with Roman numeral carpenter's markings on the oldest rafters. A cellar under the eastern half of the leanto suggests that the rear leanto may be early or even original. The house was altered around 1930, when the chimney and front stairs were replaced, and modern additions include a porch and a gabled ell. It was listed for its surviving early framing and plan, which show how First Period building practices continued into the early eighteenth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"First Period","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; the building is in use as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.171148-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7907/63790779/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000171.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000171/0df49f99c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000171/0df49f99c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_Bullard_House,_Holliston_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_Bullard_House,_Holliston_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790779","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bullard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6076095"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/bullard-isaac-house-90000171/"}