{"nrhp_refnum":"82001955","name":"Lamson, Rufus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"72-74 Hampshire St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.36768108700005,"lon":-71.09365621099994,"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 brick double house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1854 in the Greek Revival style, with the original owner recorded as Rufus Lamson.","why_significant":"The form argues the pressed brick double house is architecturally important because freestanding brick Greek Revival houses are relatively rare in Cambridge. Its thin, elegant brick molding forms a complete entablature rather than just a cornice, setting it apart from earlier Federal designs. It was also the home of Rufus Lamson, a local mason and Common Council member.","narrative":"Built in 1854, this brick double house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge was the home of Rufus Lamson, a local mason who served on the Common Council from 1854 to 1855. It is built of pressed brick in the Greek Revival style, and the architect is recorded as anonymous. The form notes that freestanding brick examples of this style are relatively rare in Cambridge, which gives the house considerable architectural importance. A thin, elegant brick molding caps the main facade and forms a complete entablature, rather than only a cornice as in earlier Federal designs. Both halves of the house also have a subtle raked cornice of corbelled brick along the gabled walls. The building sits close to the street, about eight feet back, with roughly 58 feet of frontage. It has no outbuildings, has not been altered or moved, and remains in residential use, as it was originally.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form records no alterations and no moves.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.523879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/7904/63790444/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001955.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001955/7ba15d4282-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001955/7ba15d4282-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufus_Lamson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufus_Lamson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Lamson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7378065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/lamson-rufus-house-82001955/"}