{"nrhp_refnum":"76000258","name":"Fernald, George P., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12 Rock Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medford","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42064222600004,"lon":-71.12252303399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Georgian Revival house at 12 Rock Hill Street in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built in 1894 on the crown of Rock Hill. It was designed by architect George Porter Fernald and built by Lewis H. Lovering.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Medford's most elaborate and grand statement of Georgian Revival architecture, notable for combining new construction with salvaged period materials. Doorways, lintels, mantelpieces and a staircase came from a demolished Federal house in Providence. Its hilltop location has made it a local landmark.","narrative":"Crowning Rock Hill in Medford, this clapboard house of 1894 was designed by architect George Porter Fernald as his own home, with Lewis H. Lovering as builder. Its east front follows a five-part Palladian plan: a two-and-a-half-story central block with a pedimented portico on four Ionic columns, linked by one-story connectors to pavilions at each end. Many details were salvaged from a Federal period house in Providence, Rhode Island, demolished in the 1890s, including the front doorway, window lintels, mantelpieces, doors, mouldings and the main staircase. Other features were modeled on earlier examples, such as a barrel-vaulted dining room based on a ballroom in North Woburn. Formal gardens once sloped down the west side, reflecting Fernald's interest in Sicilian hill gardens. The house is regarded as Medford's grandest Georgian Revival building and a local landmark, and it survives largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Architect: George Porter Fernald; Builder: Lewis H. Lovering","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as surviving in excellent condition, with alterations limited to an enclosed sun porch, a removed balustrade and removed curved staircases; used 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 02:11:53.67008-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7959/63795973/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000258/9b54463a18-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000258/9b54463a18-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MedfordMA_GeorgePFernaldHouse.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_GeorgePFernaldHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795973","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Fernald_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/fernald-george-p-house-76000258/"}