the woodworth house, also known as the old oaken bucket homestead, is a historic house at 47 old oaken bucket road in scituate, massachusetts. the oldest portion of this house was built c. 1675, and is now an ell on the main house, a cape style structure built in 1826. the house is most notable for its association with samuel woodworth, who in 1817 wrote the poem "the old oaken bucket" about an old well on this property.