{"nrhp_refnum":"76000256","name":"Albree-Hall-Lawrence House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"353 Lawrence Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medford","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42484062200003,"lon":-71.11950445899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story timber frame house at 353 Lawrence Road in Medford, Massachusetts, with an irregular plan from several building periods. Its earliest section dates to before 1785, with later additions and alterations.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the best preserved examples of Medford's fewer than twenty pre-1800 buildings. It is tied to the Albree family, a Revolutionary War veteran, and later owners including Nathaniel Hall and Samuel Lawrence. The historian Francis Parkman also stayed there as a boy.","narrative":"This timber frame house at 353 Lawrence Road in Medford grew in stages. The rear ell, probably the oldest part, dates to before 1785 and may have been moved to the site or may incorporate a house standing there around 1720. The front section was added in the late eighteenth century, its east wall was extended around 1800, and the east end was enlarged between 1830 and 1840. Further ells and stable alterations came after 1930. John Albree, an English immigrant, bought the land in 1720, and a descendant served in the Revolution. Nathaniel Hall acquired the farm in 1799, and his grandson, the historian Francis Parkman, was sent there in 1831 to recover from an illness. Later the property was leased to a pig farmer, then bought by Samuel Lawrence, who added it to his estate near the Middlesex Fells. Of Medford's fewer than twenty buildings from before 1800, it is considered one of the best preserved.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the stable has been converted to a garage and studio.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.292334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7959/63795939/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000256/8a4794697b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000256/8a4794697b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MedfordMA_AlbreeHallLawrenceHouse.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_AlbreeHallLawrenceHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795939","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albree-Hall-Lawrence_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4712681"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/albree-hall-lawrence-house-76000256/"}