{"nrhp_refnum":"82001989","name":"Wyeth-Smith House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"152 Vassal Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38324014500006,"lon":-71.13863187199996,"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 Federal-style farmhouse at 152 Vassal Lane in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1820 by Jacob Wyeth and moved to its present site in 1893.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest early nineteenth century two-room, center-hall farmhouse surviving in Cambridge. It also expresses the essential qualities of the Federal style and is tied to the Wyeth family, prominent Northwest Cambridge landholders who started the Fresh Pond ice industry. The reviewer recommended listing under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1820, this two-room, center-hall farmhouse at 152 Vassal Lane in Cambridge was erected by Jacob Wyeth as a tenant house on land bought from his father for the Fresh Pond Hotel. It was leased almost immediately to Ebenezer Smith. In 1893 development pressures forced it to be moved from its original site near the junction of Fresh Pond Parkway and Huron Avenue to Vassal Lane. The house is described as the finest early nineteenth century farmhouse of its type surviving in the city. Compact massing, a low-pitched roof and tight eaves express the Federal style, while the Greek Revival doorway comes from a remodelling in the late 1830s. Apart from later artificial siding, the building is described as intact. It is also linked to the Wyeth family, prominent Northwest Cambridge landholders who started the ice industry at Fresh Pond. The house remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Jacob Wyeth (original owner)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the house has artificial siding (asbestos shingles) but is otherwise described as intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.355537-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7904/63790438/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82001989.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001989/a2dc74767e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001989/a2dc74767e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyeth-Smith_House,_152_Vassal_Lane,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4314.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyeth-Smith_House,_152_Vassal_Lane,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4314.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790438","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyeth-Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8039735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wyeth-smith-house-82001989/"}