{"nrhp_refnum":"78000471","name":"Dean, Dr. Edgar Everett, House","other_names":["Hall Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"81 Green St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brockton","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.08474021500007,"lon":-71.02229583999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story house at 81 Green Street in a residential area of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, designed by Wesley Lyng Minor and built in 1884.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of the Queen Anne style and the earliest known Brockton house designed by Wesley Lyng Minor, the city's leading late 19th-century architect. It was also built for Dr. Edgar Everett Dean, a prominent physician and active figure in local and state politics and public health.","narrative":"Built in 1884 at 81 Green Street in Brockton, this 2½-story house was designed by architect Wesley Lyng Minor for Dr. Edgar Everett Dean, a prominent local physician. It has a T-plan or irregular massing and a mix of materials: clapboards on the lower floors, regular and imbricated shingles on the third story, and a slate roof with multiple peaks topped by finials. Projecting three-sided bays carry stepped gables in a medieval manner, supported by S-curve brackets, and a one-story porch with turned posts wraps the front. The house is described as an outstanding example of the Queen Anne style and as the earliest known Brockton house by Minor, who settled in the city in 1882 and designed many of its finest buildings, including City Hall. Dean was also active in politics, serving on the Board of Aldermen and the State Board of Health. The building is now used as a funeral home.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1884)","architect_builder":"Wesley Lyng Minor","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a funeral home, described as the oldest continually operating funeral parlor in Brockton, established in 1827.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.065918-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7965/63796546/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/78000471.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000471/ce5c3c177e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000471/ce5c3c177e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Edgar_Everett_Dean_House,_Brockton_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:Dr._Edgar_Everett_Dean_House,_Brockton_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010689","name":"North Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/north-downtown-historic-district-100010689/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796546","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Edgar_Everett_Dean_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/dean-dr-edgar-everett-house-78000471/"}