{"nrhp_refnum":"93000902","name":"Carpenter Homestead","other_names":["Osamequin Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"80 Walnut St., Seekonk/Rehoboth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seekonk","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.85017750000006,"lon":-71.30373446635656,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 166-acre farm district on Walnut Street in Seekonk and Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, centered on a farmhouse built about 1720 with a barn, corncrib, skating house, stone walls, wells, springs and a stone dam.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is an early, well-preserved Colonial farmhouse with a relatively unusual roof form, and a fine 1939-1940 Colonial Revival restoration by architect Edwin Emory Cull. It also has over 200 years of association with the locally notable Carpenter family and with artists William and Ellsworth Woodward. The intact rural agricultural setting and 18th-century outbuildings add to its value.","narrative":"Osamequin Farm, also called the Carpenter Homestead, is a 166-acre working farm straddling Seekonk and Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Its core is a shingled farmhouse begun about 1720, with a gable-on-hip roof, a massive central chimney and a slight second-story overhang. Nearby stand a barn, an 18th-century gambrel-roof corncrib and a small skating house, set among stone walls, wells, springs, a stone dam, meadows, woodlands and ponds. The house changed through the 19th century, then underwent a careful Colonial Revival restoration in 1939-1940 designed by Providence architect Edwin Emory Cull. The property matters for more than 200 years of ownership by the Carpenter family, whose members helped keep town records and shape the community, and for ties to artists William and Ellsworth Woodward. It was listed for its local significance in history and architecture, and it still keeps the farm landscape around its buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edwin Emory Cull (restoration architect, 1939-1940)","architectural_style":"Colonial/New England Colonial, Georgian; Colonial Revival; No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and still farmed; the main house is used as a rental property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.302039-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/7943/63794380/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/93000902.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000902/fd885c1e9c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000902/fd885c1e9c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SeekonkMA_CarpenterHomestead.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:SeekonkMA_CarpenterHomestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794380","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5045712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/carpenter-homestead-93000902/"}