{"nrhp_refnum":"80000527","name":"Miles, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 Lincoln St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.27809327800003,"lon":-71.79360339999994,"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 Italianate house at 131 Lincoln Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1850 for Charles Miles, with a rear ell and a garage outbuilding. Architect unknown.","why_significant":"Together with the John Hammond House, which it resembles, it is described as one of Worcester's best examples of Italianate residential architecture. Its fine details include quoins, a modillioned cornice, a balustraded roof and an original arched porch.","narrative":"Built around 1850, this clapboard house at 131 Lincoln Street in Worcester is an Italianate residence with a nearly square plan, a hip roof, and a rear ell centered on the east wall. It sits on a rock-faced granite foundation and is two stories tall. Notable details include corner quoins, a modillioned cornice, a roof balustrade or \"widow's walk,\" bay windows, and window caps set on consoles. The original facade porch, framed by arched openings, is singled out as an especially fine feature. Charles Miles, a clerk in the Worcester County Treasurer's Office, was the original owner. Directory listings place him as a boarder at a relative's house through 1849, then at a Lincoln Street address in 1850, and a house appears on the site on an 1851 map, which suggests the construction date. The house has served as a residence and later as a residence and office. It is regarded as one of Worcester's best examples of Italianate domestic architecture, alongside the similar John Hammond House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential and office; the form states the building is unaltered and has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.909114-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7928/63792841/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000527/7385fa49d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000527/7385fa49d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Miles_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:Charles_Miles_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792841","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Miles_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5080940"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/miles-charles-house-80000527/"}