{"nrhp_refnum":"90000258","name":"Humphreys, Sir John, House","other_names":["Burrill House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"99 Paradise Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Swampscott","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.47270186700007,"lon":-70.91785251399995,"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 First Period house with a rear lean-to at 99 Paradise Road, Swampscott, Massachusetts, dating to about 1700. The builder is unknown, and the house was moved to its present site in 1891.","why_significant":"The house retains a quality First Period frame with notable exterior jetties and unusually large proportions, meeting Criterion C. Its framing, including a unique single transverse summer beam at the first story with two transverse ties above, could yield further information about Massachusetts First Period buildings (Criterion D). Despite the move, it retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","narrative":"Built around 1700, this five-bay, two-and-a-half-story house at 99 Paradise Road in Swampscott has a central chimney, a rear lean-to and a framed overhanging second story on its front. It was moved to its present site in 1891 to make way for the Frederick Law Olmsted landscape design for Monument Avenue. Documents suggest it was built either by John Burrill Sr., who owned it from 1700 to 1703, or by his son Ebenezer Burrill, who occupied it from 1703 to 1761. Much of the interior is boxed and sheathed with later 18th-century finish work, but the house keeps a First Period frame of quality craftsmanship. Its single transverse summer beam on the first floor, paired with two transverse ties on the second, is described as unique. The large scale of the original room, notable jetties, and 18th-century painted walls add to its interest. The frame may reveal more about early Massachusetts building practice, and possibly about two older frames joined together.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; probably built by John Burrill Sr. or his son Ebenezer Burrill","architectural_style":"First Period","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Condition 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 02:13:04.682804-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7898/63789839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000258/937f64749b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000258/937f64749b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fletcher6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_John_Humphreys_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fletcher6</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_John_Humphreys_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000696","name":"Olmsted Subdivision Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/olmsted-subdivision-historic-district-02000696/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Humphreys_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715641"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/humphreys-sir-john-house-90000258/"}