{"nrhp_refnum":"98001331","name":"Warren, Jonah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"64 Warren St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westborough","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.24845482400005,"lon":-71.60284108824486,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 64 Warren Street in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, built about 1720-27 with a free-standing barn dating to before 1803, on a 1.24-acre site crossed by a preserved section of the Old Connecticut Path.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of 18th-century domestic architecture in Westborough. It is also tied to local events, including early settlement, the Great Awakening, the Revolution, and the town's shift to dairy, shoe and straw hat production. Jonah Warren, Aaron Warren and Hercules Warren Fay are singled out as prominent occupants, and the intact Old Connecticut Path adds to the site's value.","narrative":"Set at 64 Warren Street in Westborough, Massachusetts, this two-and-a-half-story clapboard house dates from about 1720-27 and was built for farmer Jonah Warren. It sits beside a 270-foot stretch of the Old Connecticut Path, an unpaved, two-rod-wide way flanked by stone walls and crossing a granite ford. That section is the only part of the path in Westborough preserved in such condition. The house began as a main block with a deeper second-story overhang, was updated to Georgian taste around the 1740s, and gained an ell later in the century. Features include a central brick chimney, a captain's staircase, a beehive oven, early double-hung windows and a granite-lined cellar tunnel. An English-style barn built before 1803 and stone walls preserve the agricultural setting. The property was listed for its architecture, for its links to town settlement, farming and industry, and for its association with Hercules Warren Fay, a long-term owner.","period_of_significance":"CA. 1720-1948","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family residence; the form describes the site as retaining considerable integrity, with the path, stone walls and barn surviving.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.405492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7971/63797196/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98001331.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001331/e7e28b77ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001331/e7e28b77ca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestboroughMA_JonahWarrenHouse.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:WestboroughMA_JonahWarrenHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797196","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Warren_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271943"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/warren-jonah-house-98001331/"}