{"nrhp_refnum":"73000306","name":"Jackson Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"527 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.35534230500008,"lon":-71.19475066699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Commerce","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal-style house at 527 Washington Street in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built in 1809 by Major Timothy Jackson on the site of a 1670 Jackson family house. It is now a museum owned by the City of Newton.","why_significant":"The 1973 nomination argues the property is significant as a homestead acquired by an early Newton settler and occupied and maintained by his descendants for nearly 300 years. It is also described as a well-preserved, relatively unchanged example of a hip-roofed Federal house with its original outbuildings. Its occupants included Edward Jackson, Major Timothy Jackson and William Jackson, a congressman and abolitionist who made the house an Underground Railroad station.","narrative":"Jackson Homestead, at 527 Washington Street in Newton, Massachusetts, is a two-story Federal-style house built in 1809 by Major Timothy Jackson. It replaced a saltbox house put up on the same site in 1670 by Edward Jackson, one of the early settlers of Cambridge Village, now Newton. Beams, bricks, boards and doors from the earlier house were reused in the new one. The clapboard house has a hip roof, four end chimneys, a five-bay front and an entrance with sidelights and an elliptical fanlight. Members of the Jackson family lived here until about 1930, and a descendant gave the property to the City of Newton in 1949. William Jackson, Timothy's son, served in Congress and made the house a station for runaway slaves. The building is relatively unchanged and is now a museum furnished to reflect an early 1800s household, offering lectures and tours.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Major Timothy Jackson (builder of the 1809 house)","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a museum with lectures, tours and an educational program; described as in excellent condition and relatively unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.645124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7958/63795826/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/73000306.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000306/ae5de6bcaa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000306/ae5de6bcaa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Homestead,_Newton,_Massachusetts.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA</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:Jackson_Homestead,_Newton,_Massachusetts.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795826","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6117163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/jackson-homestead-73000306/"}