{"nrhp_refnum":"95001444","name":"Brown-Davis-Frost Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Whitney St., Town of Holden","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.374608920500066,"lon":-71.88819821752338,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 50-acre farmstead at 17 Whitney Street in Jefferson (Holden), Worcester County, Massachusetts, centered on a 2 1/2 story brick side-gabled house from the late 18th century, with outbuildings from the early to mid 20th century.","why_significant":"It is one of the two earliest surviving brick houses in Holden and an intact example of an established farmstead. Brick was rare in Central Massachusetts during the Colonial period. The nomination finds it significant locally for architecture and agriculture, with the period running from the late 18th century to 1945.","narrative":"This farm on Whitney Street in the Jefferson section of Holden centers on a 2 1/2 story brick house with a side-gable roof, granite foundation and four interior chimneys. Five buildings and two structures stand on the 50-acre parcel, including a c.1940 barn, a former chicken coop later used as a workshop, a converted garage now used as a kennel, a sheep shed and a stone wishing well. Stone walls and surrounding pasture and woodland remain. The house is one of the two earliest known brick buildings in Holden, alongside a nearby brick house at 123 Whitney Street. Its exact construction date is uncertain: it may have been built by Isaiah Brown as early as 1763, or by Ethan Davis around 1795. Later owners included Dana Frost, who bought the farm in 1810. The Horsfall family began restoring the neglected house in 1938. The property is considered locally significant for its architecture and its agricultural history through 1945.","period_of_significance":"Late 18th C. - 1945","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling and farm, with a former garage converted to a kennel in 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.409105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7971/63797192/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/95001444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001444/153caa6b59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001444/153caa6b59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoldenMA_BrownDavisFrostFarm.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:HoldenMA_BrownDavisFrostFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-Davis-Frost_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16847567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/brown-davis-frost-farm-95001444/"}