{"nrhp_refnum":"90000189","name":"Buck, Ephraim, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 Wildwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.54717499100008,"lon":-71.15104470099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential house at 216 Wildwood Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts, dated by deeds to about 1704. It is a five-bay, central-chimney, wood-frame house in the First Period style.","why_significant":"The house is argued to qualify under Criterion D as part of a thematic group of First Period buildings. Although little original framing is visible, a flat-chamfered summer beam and the room proportions support the early date. It is likely to yield information about early 18th-century framing in this part of Middlesex County, where few buildings from the period survive.","narrative":"Built around 1704 according to deeds, this clapboard house at 216 Wildwood Street in Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a five-bay, central-chimney dwelling that is now two rooms deep, with a Beverly jog at both corners. It began as a one-room-deep house, possibly built in two phases, and a rear range under a completely new roof was added later in the 18th century, along with a second chimney. The interior was remodeled with raised panels and the frame was boxed in, hiding most early fabric. Investigation of a first-floor summer beam revealed a flat chamfer beneath the boxing, and the 17.5-foot-square rooms on either side of the chimney bay also point to First Period construction. The house was listed because it may yield information about early 18th-century framing in this part of Middlesex County, where few buildings of the era have survived. It remains a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period","criteria":["D"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; the building is in residential use and 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 02:13:05.247632-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7903/63790395/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000189.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000189/fe2eb1628f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000189/fe2eb1628f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilmingtonMA_EphraimBuckHouse.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:WilmingtonMA_EphraimBuckHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03001209","name":"Buck's Corner Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/bucks-corner-historic-district-03001209/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Buck_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5382248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/buck-ephraim-house-90000189/"}