{"nrhp_refnum":"82001926","name":"Building at 10 Follen Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 Follen St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37429962900006,"lon":-71.11573788799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential Stick Style house at 10 Follen Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1875 for Frances M. Mackay and designed by Peabody and Stearns.","why_significant":"The form describes it as an imposing Stick Style house in pristine condition that keeps nearly all of its original decoration inside and out. Its blocklike shape recalls the mansard-roofed houses of the previous decade, but it has a high truncated hip roof instead. The trim, especially around the elaborate front porch, is typical of the 1870s. The reviewer recommended listing under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1875 for Frances M. Mackay, this large wood-clapboard house at 10 Follen Street in Cambridge is an example of the Stick Style. Peabody and Stearns designed it. It stands on a fairly large lot, on land that was formerly the back garden of the neighboring Waterhouse home. The house keeps the basic blocklike form of the mansard-roofed houses of the previous decade, but its roof is a high truncated hip rather than a mansard. The trim, particularly around the elaborate front porch, is typical of the 1870s. The house has not been altered or moved, and it retains almost all of its original decoration both inside and out. It has remained in residential use since it was built. The property was listed for its architectural value, as a well-preserved and relatively uncommon surviving Stick Style example in Cambridge.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Peabody and Stearns","architectural_style":"Stick Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residential use; recorded as unaltered, unmoved and in pristine condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.45586-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7904/63790484/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001926.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001926/8769682f74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001926/8769682f74-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_10_Follen_Street_-_10_Follen_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4056.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_10_Follen_Street_-_10_Follen_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4056.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_10_Follen_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/building-at-10-follen-street-82001926/"}