{"nrhp_refnum":"77000176","name":"Chandler, Gen. Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Goodwin Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45122372700007,"lon":-71.22874159299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate villa at 8 Goodwin Road on Meriam Hill, overlooking Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts. It was built in 1846 to designs by local architect Isaac Melvin for General Samuel Chandler.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the only fully developed Italian villa-style house in Lexington. It also reflects its original owner, General Samuel Chandler, a War of 1812 veteran who became a local official, state senator and Middlesex County sheriff.","narrative":"Perched on the summit of Meriam Hill above Lexington Green, this two-story Italianate villa was built in 1846 for General Samuel Chandler. Local architect Isaac Melvin designed it in the manner popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing. Rusticated wood siding imitates stone block, and a shallow gabled roof carries overhanging eaves with double brackets. Round-arched windows with bracketed pediments, a small Palladian window, a semicircular bay and an asymmetrically placed three-story campanile tower give the house the irregular, picturesque massing typical of the villa style. Only the veranda was altered, in the 1920s. The house is considered the only fully developed Italian villa in Lexington. Chandler, born in Lexington in 1795, served in the War of 1812, ran the Monument House inn, sat in the State Senate in 1839, and later served as sheriff of Middlesex County. He lived here until his death in 1867.","period_of_significance":"1846","architect_builder":"Isaac Melvin (Issac Melvin as spelled in the form)","architectural_style":"Italianate villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence on a well-maintained property; the only known alteration is a change to the veranda in the 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.338956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7956/63795600/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/77000176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000176/4fb326029c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000176/4fb326029c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Samuel_Chandler_House,_Lexington_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Samuel_Chandler_House,_Lexington_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795600","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Samuel_Chandler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5530819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/chandler-gen-samuel-house-77000176/"}