{"nrhp_refnum":"75000272","name":"Curtis, Paul, House","other_names":["M. Delano House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medford","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.41724020200007,"lon":-71.11657445199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story Greek Revival house with a rear kitchen ell at 114 South Street, Medford, Massachusetts, built in 1839 for shipbuilder Paul Curtis. It sits at the corner of South and Curtis Streets, overlooking the Mystic River.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Medford's most elaborate and best preserved example of Greek Revival architecture, with a temple facade and Ionic porches. It is also tied to shipbuilding, Medford's major nineteenth-century industry, through its builder Paul Curtis and its site opposite his shipyard. A local tradition links it to the poem \"Over the River and through the Woods,\" but the form says this could not be confirmed.","narrative":"Overlooking the Mystic River at the corner of South and Curtis Streets in Medford, this two and one half story house was built in 1839 for Paul Curtis, a shipbuilder. Curtis was born in South Scituate in 1800, came to Medford in 1818, and worked in Thatcher Magoun's yards before opening his own yard on the river at the foot of Winthrop Street, directly across from his home. Twenty-seven ships were built there between 1839 and 1852, and he later moved to East Boston. The house has a temple front with four two-story fluted Ionic columns, one-story Ionic porches, white clapboarding, and a lower rear kitchen ell. It is considered Medford's most elaborate and well preserved Greek Revival building. Its link to shipbuilding, the city's main nineteenth-century industry, adds to its importance. A local tradition connects it to the poem \"Over the River and through the Woods,\" though no evidence confirms or disproves that.","period_of_significance":"1839","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good physical condition, needing only a few superficial repairs; occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.166328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7959/63795969/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000272/55490ae242-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000272/55490ae242-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daderot at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grandfather%27s_House,_Medford,_Massachusetts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grandfather%27s_House,_Medford,_Massachusetts.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795969","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595401"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/curtis-paul-house-75000272/"}