{"nrhp_refnum":"75000283","name":"Wade, Jonathan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13 Bradlee Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medford","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.419068965000065,"lon":-71.11019439899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story brick house at 13 Bradlee Road, near Medford Square in Medford, Massachusetts, built about 1683-1689 for Major Jonathan Wade, Jr. A one-story brick ell was added to the north between 1930 and 1950.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare example of early New England brick architecture, with surviving seventeenth- and eighteenth-century facades. It is one of only three extant brick houses of the six or more built in Medford in the 1600s, along with the Peter Tufts House and the earliest part of the Isaac Royall House. It is also tied to Wade, an early Medford selectman and town clerk, and to later owners including Samuel C. Lawrence.","narrative":"Near Medford Square, at the corner of Bradlee Road and Brooks Lane, stands a brick house begun between 1683 and 1689 for Major Jonathan Wade, Jr. He was an early Medford selectman, its first recorded town clerk and captain of the Three County Troop. The house has two and a half stories, a central hall plan and paired chimneys at each gable end. Its five-bay east front, laid in Flemish bond, probably dates from a major renovation in the first half of the eighteenth century. The west wall, in common bond, likely reflects the earliest construction. Around 1900 the house received a bracketed hood, dormers and Colonial Revival interiors. A brick ell for medical offices was added between 1930 and 1950. Later owners included Andrew Hall and Samuel C. Lawrence, a leading citizen of Medford. It is listed as a rare surviving example of early New England brick building, one of only three extant Medford brick houses from the seventeenth century.","period_of_significance":"1683-1689","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial, Georgian and Georgian Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and occupied; the house is a private residence and the north ell is still used for medical offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.331409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7959/63795929/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000283.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000283/ba3e3d31e5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000283/ba3e3d31e5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MedfordMA_JonathanWadeHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MedfordMA_JonathanWadeHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795929","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wade_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6274697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wade-jonathan-house-75000283/"}