Barnes-Hill House, Federal-style house in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States

The Barnes-Hill House is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house built about 1800 in northern Spencer, five bays wide with a side-gable roof, central chimney, clapboard siding and stone foundation. A two-story wing extends left and a 1+1⁄2-story wing right and partly to the rear, giving a partial saltbox profile. The main entrance has a Greek Revival surround with sidelights, fluted pilasters and a corniced entablature.

Local historians once dated the house to the 1760s and credited David Barnes, but it was more likely built around 1800. Its most prominent owner was Sullivan Hill, related to the Barneses by marriage, who ran a chair factory across the road and is said to have introduced the cane-seated chair to Massachusetts. The house stayed in the Hill family until 1929.

The building displays a traditional center-chimney layout that contrasts with the center-hall designs common in Massachusetts Federal homes. This choice reflects local building preferences and how residents organized their daily lives around the hearth.

The house is a private residence at 12 North Brookfield Road, on the north side just west of the North Spencer Road junction; it is not open to the public, so view it only from the road. The five-bay facade, the two-story left wing and the 1+1⁄2-story right wing are visible from the street.

Sullivan Hill, the house's best-known owner, is said to have brought the cane-seated chair to Massachusetts, and he ran a chair factory directly across North Brookfield Road. That workshop drew workers and families to the junction, creating the small village of Hillsville around the house.