{"nrhp_refnum":"97001450","name":"Gay, Rev. Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 Williamsville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hubbardston","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.47895919100006,"lon":-72.01482839799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Community Planning and Development","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal style timberframe house at 10 Williamsville Road in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, built in 1817 for Rev. Samuel Gay on a 7.02-acre property that also has later outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion A for its role in the town's early 19th-century growth and for its mid-20th-century association with Hubbardston's Finnish community. Under Criteria A and B it is tied to Rev. Samuel Gay, a controversial figure in the 1827 Calvinist-Unitarian split of the town church. Under Criterion C it is a well-preserved Federal style house with trim more elaborate than usual for farmhouses of the area.","narrative":"Built in 1817 on Williamsville Road in Hubbardston, this two-story, five-bay Federal style house was the home of Rev. Samuel Gay, minister of the town's First Church. It is timberframed, clad in clapboard and wood shingle, and rests on a brick foundation under a hip roof with paired chimneys. The main entrance has a slim Doric-pilastered doorframe with a spiderweb fanlight, and the eave moulding and window trim are more elaborate than on typical farmhouses of the period in central Massachusetts. Inside, wide board floors and Federal trim survive, especially in the study and parlor. Gay's ministry was stormy, marked by opposition to the War of 1812 and a doctrinal dispute that led in 1827 to the division of the church into two congregations. In the mid-20th century the property was owned by Otto and Lyyli Laitinen, linking it to the town's Finnish community; a sauna once stood on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"1817-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The house is described as in good condition with few significant alterations; the property is used as a single dwelling with agricultural fields.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.649179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7974/63797412/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/97001450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001450/fc5bfec4dc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001450/fc5bfec4dc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HubbardstonMA_RevSamuelGayHouse.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:HubbardstonMA_RevSamuelGayHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797412","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Samuel_Gay_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7317689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/gay-rev-samuel-house-97001450/"}