{"nrhp_refnum":"83000637","name":"Brightman, Hathaway, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"205 Crescent St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.73450155100005,"lon":-71.14069820699996,"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 1½-story, gable-roofed, clapboard-sided house at 205 Crescent Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, dated circa 1858 and built for Hathaway Brightman in the Victorian Gothic style.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a particularly fine example of a mid-19th century Gothic cottage, with unusual and largely intact detailing. Its picturesque quality recalls an earlier, more rural era. It is listed under criterion C for its architecture.","narrative":"This small house at 205 Crescent Street in Fall River was built around 1858 for Hathaway Brightman. It is a 1½-story, clapboard-sided building with a gable roof and a north-south orientation. Its trim reflects a simplified High Victorian form of the Gothic Revival. The gable above the entrance holds a \"pine-tree\" Palladian window, and the porch has chamfered posts, corner brackets and a cast-iron rail that is probably original. The survey notes that no occupation is recorded for Brightman and that the circa date is speculative, because directory addresses for the Border City area are vague. The house is considered significant as a particularly fine example of a mid-19th century Gothic cottage. Its detailing is unusual and largely intact, and its picturesque quality recalls an earlier, more rural era. It was listed for its architectural merit. It was still used as a residence when surveyed in 1981.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic (simplified High Victorian Gothic Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a residence at the time of the survey (1981).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.167239-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7894/63789415/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000637/998c0266c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000637/998c0266c3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:205_Crescent_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:205_Crescent_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789415","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathaway_Brightman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715523"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/brightman-hathaway-house-83000637/"}