{"nrhp_refnum":"90000215","name":"Dyke-Wheeler House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"144 Wheeler St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloucester","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.64348393000006,"lon":-70.68035837699995,"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 2 1/2-story, five-bay plank-framed house at 144 Wheeler Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on a high bank overlooking the Annisquam River. The original house dates to about 1720, with a lean-to added around 1800.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house keeps integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship in its First Period plank frame, making it eligible under Criterion C. It is one of several dozen plank-frame structures in the study area and part of a concentration on Cape Ann. Its frame mixes flat chamfers with quirk beading and includes the only quirk-beaded brace known in the study area and a rare ship's knee brace.","narrative":"Overlooking the Annisquam River from a high bank on Wheeler Street in Gloucester, this house has a First Period plank frame dating to about 1720. It is five bays wide and two and a half stories tall, with a central chimney at the ridge, clapboards on the front and shingles elsewhere. A lean-to was added around 1800, and an early twentieth-century wing sits at the rear. Its importance lies in the frame. The right-hand chamber combines flat chamfers and quirk beading; the rear plate begins with a flat chamfer that turns into a quirked bead partway along. The frame also holds the only quirk-beaded brace known in the study area and a rare ship's knee brace at the chimney. All four original rooms have raised-field paneling and trim from the mid-eighteenth century. It is one of several dozen plank-frame structures in the area, with a notable concentration on Cape Ann.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period core","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded as in good condition and used as a residence; the front portico was replaced and enclosed and a rear dormer raised in 1962.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.240926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7899/63789996/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000215.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000215/18fef568ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000215/18fef568ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GloucesterMA_DykeWheelerHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:GloucesterMA_DykeWheelerHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789996","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke-Wheeler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318656"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/dyke-wheeler-house-90000215/"}