{"nrhp_refnum":"90000252","name":"Frye, Samuel, House","other_names":["Samuel Frie House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"920 Turnpike St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Andover","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.65711370500003,"lon":-71.10334923099998,"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 five-bay, 2 1/2 story clapboarded frame house at 920 Turnpike Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, built between about 1711 and 1719 for the Frye family. It has a rear lean-to and a 19th century rear ell.","why_significant":"The house keeps its transitional First Period frame and two-room, lobby-entrance floor plan despite Federal-period remodeling. Its original chimney space survives as a closet or small room, an unusual survival because most such chimneys were removed for a center stairhall. It is also tied to the locally important Frye family and the mill village that grew around their holdings.","narrative":"Built between about 1711 and 1719 on Turnpike Street in North Andover, this five-bay, 2 1/2 story clapboarded house is an example of transitional First Period construction. Its second-floor frame shows quirk beading and beveled chamfers, and the original two-room, lobby-entrance plan survives. Federal-period remodeling replaced the central chimney with low twin stacks, yet the old chimney space remains as a large closet or small room, which is an unusual survival. A lean-to was added soon after the original building, and a 19th century ell extends from the rear. The house is linked to Samuel Frye, who deeded a house, barn and land to his son Samuel Jr. in 1719. The Frye family built a saw and grist mill complex nearby in 1718, and the area became known as Frye's Village. The house stayed in the family until 1880. It was listed for the integrity of its frame and plan.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional First Period","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition, in residential use, and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.887723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7901/63790132/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000252.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000252/41e7423604-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000252/41e7423604-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NorthAndoverMA_SamuelFryeHouse.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_SamuelFryeHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Frye_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411435"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/frye-samuel-house-90000252/"}