{"nrhp_refnum":"82001935","name":"Day, Anna, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"139 Cushing St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.378670191000026,"lon":-71.15183743699998,"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 small wood-frame Gothic cottage at 139 Cushing Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1856-57 for Anna Day of Watertown. Its architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a rare surviving small Gothic cottage with complete original detail, including drip moldings over the windows and scalloped bargeboards with acorn-shaped finials in the main gable. It is also one of the original cottages of the 1850s Strawberry Hill development. The reviewer recommended listing under Criterion C as a rare surviving example.","narrative":"Built in 1856-57 for Anna Day of Watertown, this small wood-frame cottage at 139 Cushing Street in Cambridge is a rare surviving example of Gothic cottage design on a modest scale. It keeps its original clapboard siding, drip moldings over the windows and scalloped bargeboards with acorn-shaped finials in the main gable. A barn remains on the lot, which has about 100 feet of frontage and sits roughly 18 feet back from the street. The house is one of the original cottages of the Strawberry Hill development of the 1850s. The architect is not known, and the building has been used as a residence throughout its history. A recorded survey in 1972 found it unaltered and unmoved. It was listed because of its architectural value, since few small Gothic cottages with such complete original detail survive. The reviewer cited it as a rare surviving example and recommended recognition under the criterion for architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residential use, the same as its original use; the form records no alterations and no moving of the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.470365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7905/63790530/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001935.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001935/7bddbcf302-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001935/7bddbcf302-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Day_House,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4743.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Day_House,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4743.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790530","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Day_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4766946"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/day-anna-house-82001935/"}