{"nrhp_refnum":"98000096","name":"Fisher-Richardson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"354 Willow St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":42.01050506400003,"lon":-71.22776646799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small gambrel-roofed, weatherboarded house at 354 Willow Street in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, first built between 1743 and 1751 and expanded to nearly double its size around 1800. It is now a town-owned museum.","why_significant":"Each section of the house shows building and planning methods distinctive to its period, giving a clear contrast within one building. It also documents the living arrangements of two rural families, the Fishers and Richardsons, who lived there into the twentieth century. It was restored in 1930 as the town's Massachusetts Tercentenary commemoration and is traditionally identified as Mansfield's oldest building.","narrative":"This long, rectangular house on Willow Street in Mansfield, Massachusetts, sits under a shingled gambrel roof with weatherboard walls. Its eastern half was built between 1743 and 1751 by Ebenezer Wellman, and a western addition around 1800 nearly doubled its size. The two sections use different timber framing systems, including the vertical plank method common in southeastern Massachusetts and a square plan in the addition. Later occupied by the Fisher and Richardson families, the house deteriorated badly and was condemned in the late 1920s. The town accepted it as a gift and restored it in 1930 as its Tercentenary commemoration, replacing rotted sills, planks and posts, partly with salvaged old materials. Traditionally regarded as the town's oldest building, it now serves as a museum run by the Mansfield Historical Society. Its architecture and its role in early twentieth-century commemoration of town founders account for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1743-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the town since 1930 and operated as a museum by the Mansfield Historical Society; restored and partly reconstructed in 1930.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.557077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7944/63794496/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98000096.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000096/1a449ff149-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000096/1a449ff149-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MansfieldMA_FisherRIchardsonHouse.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:MansfieldMA_FisherRIchardsonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Richardson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5454749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/fisher-richardson-house-98000096/"}