Godfrey Nims House, Old Deerfield Street & Memorial Road, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

Significance: This structure was the house of an early settler, ancestor of all of the Nims in the United States. Post Office kept here from 1816-1831. / Built early in the eighteenth century for Godfrey Nims, a cordwainer, this unpretentious house is a rare extant example of its kind in Deerfield. Exterior walls of the main portion retain their brick and clay nogging. It is now owned and occupied by Deerfield Academy.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-182
Survey number: HABS MA-647
Building/structure dates: ca. 1710 Initial Construction