{"nrhp_refnum":"82001986","name":"Winter Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Winter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37295116400003,"lon":-71.08120048799998,"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 residential historic district on Winter Street between Third and Fifth Streets in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, made up of 16 mostly frame workers' cottages, 14 of them built before 1854. The street was laid out in 1811 by the Lechmere Point Corporation.","why_significant":"Winter Street is presented as the best surviving grouping of Late Georgian workers' cottages in East Cambridge, the most characteristic modest single-family house type of the area in the first half of the 19th century. The street kept its narrow-gable streetscape and a full range of cottage sizes, from one-and-a-half story houses to double houses. Its housing is tied to glass workers at the New England Glass Company and Bay State Glass Company.","narrative":"Winter Street in East Cambridge is a short residential street of 16 houses, most of them modest frame workers' cottages built before 1854. Laid out in 1811 by the Lechmere Point Corporation, it became a desirable place for workers' housing once industries settled along nearby Bridge Street. Many early residents worked in the glass factories, especially the New England Glass Company and Bay State Glass Company. The standard house is a narrow, center-hall Late Georgian cottage with a simple cornice and a steep gable end facing the street, set close to its neighbors beside a narrow side yard. The street keeps a range of types, from one-and-a-half story cottages to double houses and a few later bracketed additions. Notable examples include the 1833-34 house built for glass master Thomas Leighton and a house of 1838 built for grocer Atherton Stevens. The district was recognized as the best surviving grouping of this house type in East Cambridge.","period_of_significance":"1830s - 1850s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most buildings are described as in good condition, privately owned and in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.298785-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/7910/63791068/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001986/b55910c087-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001986/b55910c087-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_MA_Winter_Street_Historic_District_1.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:Cambridge_MA_Winter_Street_Historic_District_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791068","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8026346"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/winter-street-historic-district-82001986/"}