Patch, Emeline, House
Why it's listed
Located at 918 Bay Road in Hamilton, this house dates to about 1725 and began as a double-cell dwelling in the late First Period. It is five bays wide, two and a half stories tall and two rooms deep, with a small wing on the right. In the 18th century a second file of rooms was added at the rear and the roof was rebuilt with its ridge on the central axis. The house was moved back from the road in the late 1940s. Its clapboarded exterior has simple Second Period vernacular window trim and a Greek Revival doorway. The original frame is visible only in the right-hand front room and lobby, where the summer beam has flat chamfers and tapered stops. Original principal rafters survive on the front roof slope. The house was listed for the integrity of its early frame, which shows carpentry practice at the end of the First Period and may reveal more about joinery in transitional buildings.
Significance in brief: The house retains integrity of workmanship, design and materials in its late First Period frame, which shows carpentry practices at the very end of the First Period (Criterion C). Concealed parts of the frame are likely to yield information about joinery in transitional buildings (Criterion D).
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 90000221, listed March 9, 1990. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 918 Bay Rd., Hamilton |
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| County | Essex County |
| Listed | March 9, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90000221 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Colonial vernacular exterior with a late First Period core |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Recorded in good condition and in residential use; moved back from the road in the late 1940s. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.64519, -70.84459 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 90000221.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5370359
- This listing as JSON
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