{"nrhp_refnum":"98000595","name":"Hinckley's Corner Historic District","other_names":["Paine Hollow Road North Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"0, 25, and 40 Way #112","address_restricted":false,"city":"WellFleet","county":"Barnstable County","state":"MA","lat":41.917110000000065,"lon":-70.0037026324249,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small historic district in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, near Paine Hollow Road and the Old Kings Highway, made up of three early 19th century Cape Cod-style houses and their outbuildings, built from about 1790 to 1820.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is locally significant under Criterion C for architecture. The three houses represent modest, utilitarian homes of early settlers and show varied Cape Cod forms (full and three-quarter Cape) with Georgian-Federal entrance details. The outbuildings, including an oyster house, former store and workshops, reflect residents' livelihoods and changing economic times.","narrative":"Hinckley's Corner Historic District is a group of three Cape Cod-style houses and their outbuildings in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, near Paine Hollow Road and the Old Kings Highway. The Jonathan Young Homestead, built about 1790, is a full Cape; the John Lewis House and Robert Paine House, both about 1820, are three-quarter Capes. Each is a 1 1/2-story dwelling with a gable roof and little ornament, sheathed in clapboards on the front and shingles elsewhere. Doorway details differ, showing pilasters and dentils, a fanlight, or a transom with tapered pilasters. Outbuildings include a former store and gas station, an oyster house built in 1927-28, a fire engine garage and a boatbuilding shop, reflecting the area's fishing, shellfishing and small-business life. The district was recognized for its architecture, as a locally significant example of how modest Cape Cod houses varied in form, with a period of significance from about 1790 to 1948 and only minimal, functional alterations.","period_of_significance":"c.1790 - 1948","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 19th century; Other: Cape Cod (with Georgian-Federal influences)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Houses are in residential use with limited alteration; the boatbuilding shop is dilapidated and has fallen in, and the oyster house is boarded up.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.235311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/7940/63794001/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98000595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000595/d9905a9800-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000595/d9905a9800-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40_Way_112,_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:40_Way_112,_Wellfleet_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794001","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinckley%27s_Corner_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15224143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/barnstable-county/hinckleys-corner-historic-district-98000595/"}