{"nrhp_refnum":"90000249","name":"Johnson, Capt. Timothy, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18--20 Stevens St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Andover","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.69884659100006,"lon":-71.11098517299996,"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 2 1/2 story, five-bay, central-chimney frame house with a gambrel roof at 18-20 Stevens Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, dated by visual analysis to about 1720. It stands on 1.3 acres and is the third house on the site.","why_significant":"The house keeps its transitional frame and detailing, mixing First Period and early Second Period features, which supports eligibility for architecture. Its unusual single-piece gambrel peak and integral lean-to framing in a four-room plan may yield information on architectural and social history. It is also tied to Captain Timothy Johnson, a prominent local officer, legislator and landowner.","narrative":"Built around 1720 on Stevens Street in North Andover, this 2 1/2 story gambrel-roofed house has a central chimney, a symmetrical five-bay facade and a 19th-century rear ell. It is the third house on the site; earlier houses dated from 1704 and 1708, when Timothy Johnson bought the land. The interior blends First Period details, such as exposed beams with quirked beading, with early Second Period work, including raised-field paneling and bolection molding in the original parlor. The gambrel peak is formed from a single curved piece of wood, an unusual early feature. A cast iron fireback bearing the arms of George I was found during the 1966 restoration. Johnson became a captain in 1737, served in the 1745 Louisburg expedition, sat in the General Court and moderated town meetings. His son Colonel Samuel Johnson, a Revolutionary War officer, inherited the house in 1771, and it stayed in the family until 1918.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"First Period / Transitional","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; the house was restored in 1966 and is in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.552057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7898/63789869/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000249/bad1d8556c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000249/bad1d8556c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NorthAndoverMA_CaptTimothyJohnsonHouse.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:NorthAndoverMA_CaptTimothyJohnsonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789869","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._Timothy_Johnson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036480"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/johnson-capt-timothy-house-90000249/"}