{"nrhp_refnum":"92000815","name":"Westport Point Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, Main St. from Charles St. to W. Branch, Westport R., including Cape Bial and Valentine Lns.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westport","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.52311300000005,"lon":-71.07445388735024,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear historic district of 233 contributing resources forming the historic core of the coastal village of Westport Point, on a peninsula at Westport Harbor in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. It runs about a mile along Main Road, with buildings dating from about 1770 to 1940.","why_significant":"The district embodies a coastal village that first lived off fishing, whaling and related maritime trades and later became a modest summer resort. Its buildings reflect each phase of that development, from Georgian and Federal houses to Greek Revival, Victorian and summer cottages. The dense 18th to early 20th century fabric remains largely intact with few modern intrusions.","narrative":"Westport Point Historic District covers roughly 86 acres at the southern tip of a peninsula where the East and West Branches of the Westport River meet. Stretching about a mile along Main Road, with two narrow side lanes, it holds 233 contributing resources, mostly modest wood-frame houses built between about 1770 and 1940. The southern end is largely Georgian and Federal, while the northern portion is mostly Greek Revival, with later Victorian houses and summer cottages filling in between. Local carpenter-architects built many of the houses as vernacular versions of high styles. The village grew from an 18th century fishing and whaling port into a modest summer resort after the Civil War. Houses sit close to the street, stone walls and fences line the road, and commercial fishing boats still work from the wharves. Few modern buildings intrude, and the district is recognized for its architecture and its record of maritime and resort history.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1770 - 1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings are in excellent condition and little altered; most remain residences, with a few stores, a post office, a church and a cemetery. The area has been a local historic district for about twenty years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.105883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7944/63794432/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/92000815.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000815/cda05ba76f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000815/cda05ba76f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_James_W._Manchester_House,_Westport_Point_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:Captain_James_W._Manchester_House,_Westport_Point_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794432","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport_Point_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7989604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/westport-point-historic-district-92000815/"}