{"nrhp_refnum":"90000194","name":"Sawyer House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"21 Endicott Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boxford","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.628030128000034,"lon":-70.97688581399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay, central-chimney First Period house at 21 Endicott Road in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, built in the first quarter of the 18th century (c. 1700-25) and later enlarged.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house retains integrity of location, setting, workmanship and association. Its form and construction embody distinctive First Period characteristics (Criterion C). Its boxed framing elements, possibly from a later addition, are likely to yield more information on First Period construction (Criterion D).","narrative":"Set in a rural area beside the Route 95 interchange in Boxford, this house at 21 Endicott Road dates to the first quarter of the 18th century. It may have begun as a single-cell dwelling and grown into a five-bay, two-story, central-chimney house with a lobby entrance. The right-hand rooms hold the clearest early framing, including a long summer beam with lamb's tongue stops and a carved, molded post head. Boxed beams in the left-hand rooms suggest similar proportions, so those rooms may be original or added during the First Period. Later changes include a portico of seven square posts added in the 1860s, Victorian bay windows, and several 19th and 20th century ells and porches. The land was once part of the Governor Endicott grant. The Kilham family owned the farm until 1802, when Dr. George Sawyer bought it, and it stayed in the Sawyer family until 1940. It was listed for its architecture and its potential to show how First Period houses were built.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period / Colonial Revival","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition and 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 02:13:04.976677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7898/63789853/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000194.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000194/d1f1dab4f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000194/d1f1dab4f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoxfordMA_SawyerHouse.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:BoxfordMA_SawyerHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawyer_House_(Boxford,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7428737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/sawyer-house-90000194/"}