{"nrhp_refnum":"73000855","name":"Kittredge, Alvah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12 Linwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.329863052000064,"lon":-71.09337133899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival mansion built in 1836 in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts, now at Linwood Street on Kittredge Square. It was moved in the late 19th century from its original site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house embodies the distinctive characteristics of its type and period as a Greek Revival mansion. It is also tied to Alvah Kittredge, an early developer of the Roxbury Highlands, and to Nathaniel J. Bradlee, a noted Boston architect who later owned it. The house stands on the site of the Revolutionary-era Roxbury Lower Fort.","narrative":"Built in 1836, this two-story frame mansion in the Roxbury Highlands of Boston is a Greek Revival house with a hipped roof, a flat glazed octagonal cupola and a full portico carried on tall Ionic columns. The five-bay facade has flush siding, elongated ground-floor windows and heavy plain corner pilasters. It was built for Alvah Kittredge, a merchant who bought large parcels in the Highlands and helped start the development of a dense residential suburb. The house occupies the site of the Roxbury Lower Fort, erected in 1775 as part of the defenses that helped force the British to evacuate Boston. Kittredge sold it in 1866, and within five years Nathaniel J. Bradlee, a Boston architect, became owner and did some remodeling. After Bradlee sold in 1896, the house was moved to its present Linwood Street location when the last estates on Kittredge Square were subdivided. It remains visible to anyone approaching the square along Highland Street.","period_of_significance":"1836 - 1896","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed condition is good, altered and moved; owned by the City of Boston. The form marks the property as occupied, with unrestricted public access.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.746557-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7966/63796689/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/73000855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000855/9b3ac9dec5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000855/9b3ac9dec5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kittredge_House_Roxbury.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kittredge_House_Roxbury.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000147","name":"Roxbury Highlands Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/roxbury-highlands-historic-district-89000147/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796689","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Kittredge_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4737640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/kittredge-alvah-house-73000855/"}