{"nrhp_refnum":"90000241","name":"Harris Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Manataug Trail","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marblehead","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50764381500005,"lon":-70.86877560999994,"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 1 1/2-story, three-bay wood-frame house at 3 Manatang(Manataug) Trail in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, dated ca. 1720-1730 by visual analysis, with an unknown builder.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion C for its late First Period frame, which keeps integrity of location, design, materials and workmanship. Its three-bay plan is a rare survival of an atypical late First Period plan. Paired transverse summer beams illustrate a regional characteristic of the Salem area, and the six-foot cantilevered tie beam of the original lean-to shows an extreme form of integral lean-to framing.","narrative":"This small wood-frame house at 3 Manatang Trail in Marblehead dates to about 1720-1730, based on its style. The land was owned by the Harris family by 1667, and the family kept it into the late 19th century. The house is 1 1/2 stories high, three bays wide and two rooms deep. It began one room deep with an integral lean-to, and the roof was raised and rebuilt in the eighteenth century. Inside, an exposed quirk-beaded frame survives in the front rooms and lobby, including paired transverse summer beams in the south room. In the attic, original rafters show an early principal rafter and common purlin roof. Tie beams once carried the lean-to rafters, cantilevered six feet from the posts. The house was recognized for this rare late First Period framing, which reflects a regional Salem-area trait. Later changes include Federal trim, two mantelpieces, and 19th-century sheds converted to living space in the 1950s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period core, Second Period vernacular finishes; Federal vernacular window trim","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; 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 02:13:04.360473-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7900/63790050/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000241/1adf9f7207-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000241/1adf9f7207-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarbleheadMA_HarrisFarm.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:MarbleheadMA_HarrisFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790050","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Farm_(Marblehead,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/harris-farm-90000241/"}