{"nrhp_refnum":"90000231","name":"Paine-Dodge House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 Jeffrey's Neck Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ipswich","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.69345858300005,"lon":-70.81623504499998,"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 two-story, five-bay clapboarded First Period house with a central chimney and integral lean-to at 49 (now 53) Jeffrey's Neck Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, at the edge of a salt marsh. It dates from the late 17th century, with a Greek Revival doorway and a small rear wing added later.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is characteristic of First Period houses under Criterion C, with integrity of location, design, materials and workmanship inside and out. Its two-cell central chimney, integral lean-to plan and rarely surviving intact interior details give it integrity of feeling. Its salt marsh setting in an unchanged landscape offers a rare view of the open environment that once surrounded such houses.","narrative":"This First Period house on Jeffrey's Neck Road in Ipswich sits at the edge of a salt marsh in a largely unchanged natural landscape. It is a two-story, five-bay, clapboarded house with a central chimney and an integral lean-to. A Greek Revival doorway was added in the 1840s, along with a small rear wing. Inside, much of the original floor plan survives, including chamfered summer beams with lamb's tongue stops, shadow-molded sheathing around the stairs, large fireplaces, and exposed roof and lean-to framing. Plumbing and central heating were never installed in the original section. Early dating was uncertain: the form suggests about 1665 by family tradition, or around 1702 by stylistic analysis. Tree-ring testing in 2002 later gave a presumed construction date of 1694, probably for Robert Paine Jr. The house was listed for its well-preserved First Period character and its rare, open setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"None known; built for or by Robert Paine Jr. according to the later dendrochronology note","architectural_style":"First Period","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The inventory form lists the present use as residential, now vacant, and the condition as good. Plumbing and central heating were never introduced to the original portion.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.65835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7900/63790006/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000231.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000231/7f70e166e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000231/7f70e166e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paine_House,_Greenwood_Farm,_Ipswich_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:Paine_House,_Greenwood_Farm,_Ipswich_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790006","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Farm_(Ipswich,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5605017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/paine-dodge-house-90000231/"}