{"nrhp_refnum":"80000507","name":"Rice, Ezra, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1133 W. Boylston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.334476109000036,"lon":-71.78948535499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 1133 West Boylston Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built about 1833-1845 by an unknown architect. It was originally a residence and is still residential.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an early example of Greek Revival architecture that keeps some Federalist elements. Its entry, derived from Asher Benjamin's 1830s pattern books, is one of only two of its type in Worcester and is nearly identical to the one on the Charles Newton House. It is also linked to Ezra Beaman Rice, a farmer who lived there until his death.","narrative":"Located at 1133 West Boylston Street in Worcester, this two-story frame house dates from about 1833-1845 and shows the shift from Federalist to Greek Revival design. It rests on a rock-faced granite foundation, with clapboard walls, narrow corner boards, a pedimented gable and a three-bay facade with a side-hall plan. The main doorway holds an original panelled door flanked by side lights and framed by an architrave with decorative center and corner blocks. Its pattern comes from Asher Benjamin's builder's guides of the 1830s, and it is one of two doorways of this type surviving in Worcester, the other being on the Charles Newton House. Because the house sits far from the city center, local directories do not list it until 1851, when Ezra Beaman Rice (1825-1912), a farmer, was living there. He stayed until his death. The only notable change is an enclosed rear porch. The house remains a residence and is valued as a well-preserved early Greek Revival example.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Federalist to Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; alterations are minor, limited to enclosure of a rear porch on the south elevation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.493337-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7928/63792827/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000507/d3015c13f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000507/d3015c13f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ezra_Rice_House_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ezra_Rice_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792827","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Rice_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/rice-ezra-house-80000507/"}