{"nrhp_refnum":"98000540","name":"Paine Hollow Road South Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly along Paine Hollow Rd., and Raywid Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wellfleet","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.91421150000005,"lon":-70.00618042655518,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district on Paine Hollow Road in Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, made up of seven mid-19th-century houses with outbuildings, linked by Paine family ties. It holds 15 contributing and 5 noncontributing buildings on about 13 acres.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C for architecture and community development. Its Cape Cod and Greek Revival houses share stylistic details and were built by related Paine family members, many of them fishermen and mariners tied to Blackfish Creek. The form also notes a high potential for prehistoric and historic archaeological resources.","narrative":"Paine Hollow Road South is a small residential district in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where seven mid-19th-century houses and their outbuildings sit among trees along the road leading toward Blackfish Creek. Most are 1 1/2-story, gablefront dwellings in the Greek Revival or Cape Cod tradition, with sidehall plans, cornice returns, and clapboard or shingle siding. Many were built around 1850 for members of the Paine family, who worked as fishermen, mackerel captains, and fish inspectors connected to the local wharf. One house, the Whorf-Paine House of 1867, was built by Zoeth Sparrow, and another was moved to the road from across the creek in 1866. The district was recognized for its architecture and for what it shows about the community's development, with family ties and shared stylistic details giving the group its unity. The form also points to a high likelihood of archaeological remains, including earlier house sites and privies and wells.","period_of_significance":"c. 1834-1948","architect_builder":"Zoeth Sparrow; Eldad Hopkins","architectural_style":"Early 19th century; Cape Cod; Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is domestic, single dwellings and secondary structures. Some houses have later additions and alterations, and several late 20th-century outbuildings are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.308274-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7940/63794005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98000540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000540/bde9e536f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000540/bde9e536f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corner_of_Paine_Hollow_Road_and_Pleasant_Point_Road,_Wellfleet_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corner_of_Paine_Hollow_Road_and_Pleasant_Point_Road,_Wellfleet_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paine_Hollow_Road_South_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7124866"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/paine-hollow-road-south-historic-district-98000540/"}