{"nrhp_refnum":"96000317","name":"Woodworth House","other_names":["Old Oaken Bucket Homestead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"47 Old Oaken Bucket Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scituate","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.17766080100006,"lon":-70.75586049299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story wood-frame house at 47 Old Oaken Bucket Road in Scituate, Massachusetts, also known as the Old Oaken Bucket Homestead. The main house is a late Federal style Cape thought to have been built between 1823 and 1835, with a rear ell, barn and a small southern ell.","why_significant":"The nomination finds the house locally significant under Criterion C as an illustration of a house evolving from a Federal beginning through Victorian and Craftsman alterations. It is described as unusual in Scituate for this evolution. It also has local cultural importance through its association with poet Samuel Woodworth and his poem \"The Old Oaken Bucket,\" though this was not enough for Criterion B.","narrative":"Located on Old Oaken Bucket Road in Scituate, this farmstead centers on a one-and-one-half story Cape-style house, probably built between 1823 and 1835 in the late Federal manner. A rear ell, an ice room, a barn and a small former house, now called the southern ell, extend behind it. Later owners changed the house in stages. A central gable and ornate porch were added in the late nineteenth century. In the 1920s the Victorian trim gave way to simpler Craftsman details, a new wraparound porch, an exterior chimney and a rear shed dormer. The property is also tied to poet Samuel Woodworth, who lived briefly on the farm as a boy. His 1817 poem \"The Old Oaken Bucket\" is believed to have been inspired by the well, which has a well sweep and a roadside marker. The Woodworth family owned the site until 1972. Prehistoric artifacts have been recovered on the 15.7 acres, and further archaeological remains are considered likely. A museum now occupies the southern ell.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1800 - ca. 1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Victorian; Bungalow: Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition. The Scituate Historical Society operates a museum in the southern ell commemorating Samuel Woodworth.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.059879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7965/63796503/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/96000317.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000317/c5547fdaa3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000317/c5547fdaa3-1600.webp","licence":"No restrictions","author":"Internet Archive Book Images","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_England_in_letters_(1904)_(14598046888).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet Archive Book Images</a>, <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/\" rel=\"license noopener\">No restrictions</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_England_in_letters_(1904)_(14598046888).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796503","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworth_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17040022"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/woodworth-house-96000317/"}