{"nrhp_refnum":"97000725","name":"Dighton Wharves Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2298--2328 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dighton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.80863687000004,"lon":-71.12059621299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","Maritime History","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district on Pleasant Street in Dighton, Massachusetts, made up of four eighteenth-century houses on the west side of the street and three stone wharves on the Taunton River, with outbuildings, walls and a marker. The properties date from about 1760 to 1800.","why_significant":"The district preserves the houses and wharves tied to Dighton's shipbuilding and maritime trade from the colonial era through the early nineteenth century. One house served as the customs office from 1809 to 1834, and one wharf was the site of the 1765 \"Molasses Affair\" protest. The houses show Georgian origins reworked in Greek Revival and Italianate styles.","narrative":"Four houses along Pleasant Street in Dighton, Massachusetts, and three dry-laid stone wharves reaching into the Taunton River make up this small waterfront district. The houses began as simple Georgian dwellings between about 1750 and 1800 and were later enlarged and restyled, three in Greek Revival and one in Italianate form. The wharves date from about 1760 to 1775 and once served ships bringing West Indian and European goods to a busy port, with chandleries and a carpenter shop on their surfaces. One wharf was the scene of the 1765 \"Molasses Affair,\" when local men seized the cargo of the impounded sloop Polly. The house at 2298 Pleasant Street housed the customs office from 1809 until 1834, when Fall River took over the role. The district also holds nineteenth-century barns, stone walls and a marker for the Muddy Cove Bridge and ferry landing. Twenty-two of its twenty-three resources contribute to its character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial: Georgian; Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and well maintained, with original design character largely intact; one noncontributing concrete block garage. The houses remain in domestic use and the wharves are used for a minimum of pleasure craft.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.101587-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7944/63794426/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97000725.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000725/01a845f90a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000725/01a845f90a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DightonMA_Wharves_01.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:DightonMA_Wharves_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794426","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dighton_Wharves_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5275692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/dighton-wharves-historic-district-97000725/"}