{"nrhp_refnum":"66000787","name":"Shirley-Eustis House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31-37 Shirley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roxbury","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.32348977300006,"lon":-71.07173486277223,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-10-09","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Georgian-style frame mansion at 31-37 Shirley Street in Roxbury, Boston, built between 1741 and 1756 for Massachusetts Governor William Shirley. It was later moved from its original site to make way for Shirley Street.","why_significant":"It was the home of Governor William Shirley, a leading colonial figure before the Revolution, and later of Dr. William Eustis, a Revolutionary War surgeon and Massachusetts governor. It is also described as one of the most imposing formal Georgian houses in the colonies and among the first in New England to use giant pilasters.","narrative":"Built between 1741 and 1756 for Massachusetts Governor William Shirley, this Roxbury mansion was designed as a country residence with a high stone basement, a two-and-one-half story oak frame and a cupola-topped hipped roof. Giant pilasters decorate its facades, and a large Palladian window dominates the garden side. Inside, a marble-paved hall led to a two-story salon used for receptions and state banquets. During the Revolution the house was confiscated and served as a barracks and hospital during the siege of Boston. Dr. William Eustis, a surgeon and later governor of Massachusetts, bought it in 1819 and altered it. In 1867 it was moved to make way for Shirley Street, and it was later divided into tenements before an association acquired it in 1911. The nomination ties its importance to these governors and to its Georgian design, noting that it was unoccupied and in poor condition when documented.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"At the time of the form the house was unoccupied and deteriorating, kept in temporary repair pending restoration, with a resident caretaker living in the basement.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 01:59:28.238054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/7938/63793825/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/66000787_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000787/548bdb8803-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000787/548bdb8803-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Tim Sackton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shirley-Eustis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Sackton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shirley-Eustis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793825","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%E2%80%93Eustis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7498675"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/shirley-eustis-house-66000787/"}