{"nrhp_refnum":"80000499","name":"Whitcomb Mansion","other_names":["G. Henry Whitcomb House","See Also:NR110977"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.27113512200003,"lon":-71.80196503999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style granite house at 51 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built 1879-1880 to designs by architect Stephen C. Earle, with a stable on the grounds.","why_significant":"The state inventory sheet gives no statement of significance and refers readers to a separate nomination form. The property was included in the Worcester Multiple Resource Area nomination. It is recorded as an unaltered, unmoved example of Queen Anne architecture by a named architect.","narrative":"Built in 1879-1880 at 51 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, this granite house was originally known as the G. Henry Whitcomb House. It was designed by architect Stephen C. Earle in the Queen Anne style, and building notices of the time are the source of its date. The house sits on a lot of one acre or less, with about 150 feet of frontage and a setback of roughly 25 feet from the street. A stable survives as an outbuilding. The record notes that the building has neither been altered nor moved. When the inventory was compiled in 1976, it served as a home for the blind. It was included in a citywide group of Worcester properties reviewed together, and federal reviewers accepted it for listing in March 1980. The sheet itself gives little historical background and refers to a separate nomination for the fuller account.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stephen C. Earle (architect)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a home for the blind; recorded as unaltered and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.872313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7935/63793545/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000499.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793545","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/whitcomb-mansion-80000499/"}