{"nrhp_refnum":"83000624","name":"Belmont Club/John Young House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.70362792000003,"lon":-71.15415488499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, five-bay Greek Revival house with a hip roof at 34 Franklin Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, built about 1845 by housewright John Young.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the only surviving example of the handsome residences that once stood close to Fall River's business district. Unlike the more common temple-front houses of the period, it has a hip roof, a central trabeated doorway with sidelights, and attic frieze windows. It is also presented as a symbol of the city's post-fire development, meeting Criteria A and C.","narrative":"This 2½-story, five-bay house at 34 Franklin Street in Fall River was built around 1845 by housewright John Young. Its Greek Revival styling includes a hip roof, clapboard walls, plain cornerboards, and a massive trabeated doorway framed by flat Ionic pilasters, with sidelights and attic frieze windows. The original door has been replaced with a modern one. Early occupants included Lewis H. Adams and William Chace, and the Chace family lived here until the 1890s. Mark and Julia Anthony shared the house from 1884 to 1899. By 1934 the Belmont Club had taken over and operated it as a social club, which remains its use. The house matters because it is the only surviving example of the fine residences that once stood near the business district. Rather than the temple-front form more typical of surviving houses from this period, it presents a hip-roofed design. It was listed for its architecture and its link to Fall River's rebuilding after the fire.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Young, housewright","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a bar and social club; the form describes the house as well preserved, with a modern replacement door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.24766-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7893/63789369/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000624.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000624/94e3c26010-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000624/94e3c26010-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont_Club-John_Young_House_Fall_River_MA_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont_Club-John_Young_House_Fall_River_MA_2013.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83000662","name":"Downtown Fall River Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/downtown-fall-river-historic-district-83000662/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789369","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Club_(Fall_River,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884340"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/belmont-club-john-young-house-83000624/"}