{"nrhp_refnum":"82001948","name":"Higginson, Col. Thomas Wentworth, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"29 Buckingham St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38051629900008,"lon":-71.13015823799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A modest wood-frame Queen Anne style house at 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1880 as a residence for Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A one-story addition was made in 1888.","why_significant":"It was the home of Thomas W. Higginson, an abolitionist, reformer, author and Unitarian minister, who lived there from 1880 until his death in 1911. It is also noted as a modest Queen Anne house that moved beyond the Stick Style to picturesque features and shingles. The reviewer cited criteria B and C.","narrative":"Built in 1880 at 29 Buckingham Street in Cambridge, this small wood-frame house was the home of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who lived there until his death in 1911. Higginson was born in Cambridge in 1823, graduated from Harvard at seventeen, and became a Unitarian minister. He was an abolitionist and a leading proponent of women's suffrage, an early contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, and commander of the first Black regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. He is also remembered for discovering and encouraging Emily Dickinson. Architecturally, the house is a modest example of the Queen Anne style that moves beyond the Stick Style, with picturesque features and shingles. The entrance porch has a latticed arch, curved pedimental relief, steep pitch and bracket supports, and the second floor and gable are shingled. A Dutch front door and nine-over-nine window sashes are also noted. A one-story addition was made in 1888, and the house has been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; a one-story addition was made in 1888 and the building 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 02:11:53.137643-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7904/63790494/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001948.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001948/926b1276df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001948/926b1276df-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col._Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson_House_-_29_Buckingham_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4040.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col._Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson_House_-_29_Buckingham_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4040.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141793"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/higginson-col-thomas-wentworth-house-82001948/"}