{"nrhp_refnum":"82001941","name":"Frost, Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"29-35 Brewster St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37867568300004,"lon":-71.13228228099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne/Shingle style rowhouse at 29-35 Brewster Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1884 according to deed records, for original owner John Brewster. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The house was the home of the poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) for the last two decades of his life. Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes, received more than forty honorary degrees, served as a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1962.","narrative":"Built in 1884 for John Brewster, this wood-frame rowhouse at 29-35 Brewster Street in Cambridge combines Queen Anne and Shingle style features. The form describes a rather traditional design with a small amount of Stick articulation, including detailed barge board and zig-zag turned posts. The building sits about fifteen feet from the street on a lot with roughly 28 feet of frontage, and records show it has been neither altered nor moved. It has always been residential. Its importance comes from its best-known resident, the poet Robert Frost (1874-1963), who lived here for the last two decades of his life. Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry marked by everyday language and home images drawn from rural New England. He was among the most honored poets of his lifetime, receiving more than forty honorary degrees, serving as a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, and receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 1962.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Shingle","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form says the building has not been altered or moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.547073-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7922/63792281/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001941.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001941/533b27b41e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001941/533b27b41e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Frost_House,_29-35_Brewster_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4714.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Frost_House,_29-35_Brewster_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4714.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792281","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7344554"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/frost-robert-house-82001941/"}