Adams-Clark House

The house is set at an acute perpendicular angle to West Main Street with its left front corner abutting the side walk on a deep level lot. This house (according to Historian Henry M. Nelson) was built by John Adams or his son Willain between 1714 (when the land was purchased) and ca. 1730. Architectural features: The Georgian style house posseses integrity of design, location, materials and workmanship as architecturally representative of First Period building technology in Eastern MA. The house is of the center-chimney, 5-bay type, its walls clad in very slender clapboards which give it an exceptionally fine-grained appearance. The central entry door is framed by Tuscan pilasters which support a flat entablature. A four-light transom with bull's eye glass is set abouve the six-paneled door.