{"nrhp_refnum":"90000261","name":"Gould, Zaccheus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"73 Prospect St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Topsfield","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.633541689000026,"lon":-70.96010828099998,"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, one-room-deep clapboarded house at 73 Prospect Street in Topsfield, Massachusetts, begun around 1670 as a single-cell house and enlarged around 1700. It sits on 7.3 acres overlooking the Ipswich River.","why_significant":"The house keeps two distinct First Period frames and embodies distinctive characteristics of form and construction under Criterion C. Its earlier summer beam shows a rare quarter-round chamfer with lamb's tongue stop without collar. The growth from a single-cell to a double-cell plan is typical of a larger group of First Period houses. The jowled corner posts match those in the Stephen Foster House in Topsfield, which may point to the same carpenter.","narrative":"Located at 73 Prospect Street in Topsfield, this five-bay, 2 1/2-story clapboarded house began around 1670 as a single-room structure built for Zaccheus Gould, possibly by his father John Gould, a prominent founder of the town. Around 1700 a second section was added on the left, creating a double-cell plan. Both First Period frames survive, with doubled framing members where they join. The older east room has a summer beam with a broad quarter-round chamfer and lamb's tongue stops, a relatively rare type. The later section has massive jowled corner posts, similar to those in the Stephen Foster House in Topsfield, suggesting the same carpenter may have worked on both. Second Period raised-field paneling, a bolection-molded fireplace surround and a corner cupboard were added later. A barn from about 1910 and an early twentieth-century rear ell remain on the rural, 7.3-acre setting above the Ipswich River.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; possibly built by John Gould for his son Zaccheus Gould","architectural_style":"First Period core with Second Period overlay","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; the property is in present 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 02:13:04.074365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7900/63790066/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000261/d5bf573866-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000261/d5bf573866-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TopsfieldMA_ZaccheusGouldHouse.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:TopsfieldMA_ZaccheusGouldHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000465","name":"River Road-Cross Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/river-road-cross-street-historic-district-05000465/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790066","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaccheus_Gould_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8063766"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/gould-zaccheus-house-90000261/"}