{"nrhp_refnum":"82001953","name":"Hoyt, Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"134 Otis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.370733759000075,"lon":-71.08428483199998,"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 two-story, side-hall wood-frame house at 134 Otis Street in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1868 for Benjamin Hoyt. It has clapboard walls and Bracketed styling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant for the quality of its architectural styling. Built in 1868, it is a well-preserved example of the Italianate Bracketed style of domestic architecture and one of the few houses from its period to survive totally intact in East Cambridge. Its original fence, storm doors, gable trim and brackets are cited as evidence of this preservation.","narrative":"This two-story, side-hall house at 134 Otis Street in East Cambridge was built in 1868 for Benjamin Hoyt, who owned the land and the house originally. Clad in clapboard, it is a Bracketed-style residence, described by reviewers as Italianate. Its plan follows the side-hall type, but the two square rooms usually found off the stair hall were replaced by one long parlor, with the dining room and kitchen in the rear ell. The two-over-two sash windows are original, and the entrance has double doors with decorative glass panels in the upper part. A 1964 Historic American Buildings Survey cited the house as one of the only homes of its period to survive totally intact in East Cambridge. The original fence, storm doors, gable trim and brackets remain. It was listed for the quality of its architectural styling and its unusually good preservation, and it is still a residence today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bracketed (Italianate Bracketed)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residential use; described as remaining in exemplary condition and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.394027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7904/63790424/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001953.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001953/26b3efeb00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001953/26b3efeb00-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Hoyt_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:Benjamin_Hoyt_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoyt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888837"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/hoyt-benjamin-house-82001953/"}