{"nrhp_refnum":"83000665","name":"Earle, John M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"352 Durfee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.716144591000045,"lon":-71.15667668699996,"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 two-story, flat-roofed wood-frame Italianate villa at 352 Durfee Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, built around 1870 for John M. Earle, a carpenter.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the city's most elaborately detailed wood-frame Italianate houses. It is largely intact and richly ornamented, with alternating quoins, an Eastlakian porch, and a wide double-bracketed cornice. It meets Criterion C as a distinctive example of the Italianate style.","narrative":"Built around 1870 at 352 Durfee Street in Fall River, this two-story, flat-roofed clapboard house was first occupied by John M. Earle, a carpenter who bought the lot in 1869. It is regarded as one of the city's most elaborately detailed wood-frame Italianate houses. Alternating quoins mark the corners and a central pavilion, which has an enclosed Eastlakian porch of unusual richness with a three-part stained glass window above. Bay windows on both side facades carry the same strap ornament and brackets as the porch. A wide cornice with exaggerated double brackets and a square cupola finish the building. Because Earle was a carpenter, the form speculates that he or his associates may have applied the lavish trim. The house stands in a neighborhood that was once more fashionable and has since been affected by commercial growth downtown. It was listed for its architectural distinction, as a richly detailed and largely intact example of the Italianate style.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in 1980 as in residential use; described as largely intact, in a neighborhood affected by downtown commercial encroachment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.770145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7893/63789383/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000665.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000665/f5493e6db0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000665/f5493e6db0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earle_House_FR.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earle_House_FR.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789383","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Earle_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587621"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/earle-john-m-house-83000665/"}