Woodman Road Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Cornwell House
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Location	Woodman Rd., South Hampton, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°53′11″N 70°56′21″W / 42.88639°N 70.93917°W / 42.88639; -70.93917
Area	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built	1830 (1830)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	South Hampton MRA
NRHP reference No.	83001152[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1983

The Woodman Road Historic District of South Hampton, New Hampshire, is a small rural residential historic district consisting of two houses on either side of Woodman Road, a short way north of the state line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Cornwell House, on the west side of the road, is a Greek Revival wood-frame house built c. 1850. Nearly opposite stands the c. 1830 Verge or Woodman House, which is known to have been used as a meeting place for a congregation of Free Will Baptists between 1830 and 1849.^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

Cornwell House

The Cornwell House is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, set on a rise overlooking the road. It has a front-facing gable roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is three bays wide, with the entrance set in a recess in the right bay. The building corners are pilastered, and the roof gable exhibits paired Italianate brackets. A three-season porch is set on the right side, and a pair of ells extend to the rear, connecting to a modern garage.^[2]

Verge House

The Verge House is also a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, and is set facing south nearer the road than the Cornwell House. It is three bays wide, with a side-gable roof and shingled exterior. A single-story shed-roof section projects along the width of the main facade, with the entrance recessed under a porch in the leftmost section. A 1+1⁄2-story ell extends to the east, and the property also includes a 19th-century barn and 25 acres (10 ha) of former farmland.^[2]