{"nrhp_refnum":"90000256","name":"Lambert, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"142 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rowley","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.715027658000054,"lon":-70.88024408799998,"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 clapboarded frame house at 142 Main Street in the center of Rowley, Massachusetts, built about 1699 by Thomas Lambert, Jr. It is a First Period house with later additions and a mid-19th-century barn.","why_significant":"The right-hand rooms keep an intact First Period frame with oak summer beams, chamfers and lamb's tongue stops, typical of the turn of the 18th century. The nomination argues the house keeps integrity of location, design, materials and workmanship under Criterion C. The left-hand rooms may be as early or earlier, though this cannot be confirmed without opening the frame.","narrative":"Built around 1699 by Thomas Lambert, Jr., who brought his bride there that year, this house at 142 Main Street in Rowley is a five-bay, 2 1/2-story clapboarded dwelling facing the town training place. The Lambert family kept it until 1977. Visible First Period framing survives in the right-hand front room and chamber, including an oak summer beam with flat chamfers and lamb's tongue stops and a partly exposed fireplace wall. Joist spacing in the left-hand room is narrower, which suggests that side is contemporary with the right or older, and only that room has a cellar. Rear rooms were added in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century the roof had been rebuilt to make a full two-room-deep house. Later features include an early Second Period staircase, Greek Revival mantels and a Gothic Revival-trimmed barn. Its well-preserved early frame is the basis for its architectural significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas Lambert, Jr. (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"First Period","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; present use is residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.116606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7900/63790022/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000256/52cdedbc30-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000256/52cdedbc30-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Lambert_House,_Rowley_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:Thomas_Lambert_House,_Rowley_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790022","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lambert_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7791685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/lambert-thomas-house-90000256/"}