{"nrhp_refnum":"83000806","name":"Hall Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Gray Gardens West St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.382874307000066,"lon":-71.12926626199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay, hip-roofed wooden house at 20 Grey Gardens West in Cambridge, Massachusetts, probably built in the late 1790s in South Duxbury as a tavern and moved to Cambridge in 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house meets Criterion C as a significant representative of its type and period, a Federal building with residual High Georgian details. It is also an example of Georgian and Federal houses moved for restoration in the 1920s and 1930s, and it has gained added significance in its new site within the Grey Gardens subdivision.","narrative":"Originally a tavern in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, this wooden house was moved to 20 Grey Gardens West in Cambridge in 1930 and restored by architect Clarence W. Brazer. Probably built in the late 1790s, it is a two-story, five-bay, center-entrance house with a hip roof and central chimney. Its style is Federal, with leftover High Georgian details, including a Doric entablature and pilasters framing an elliptical doorway, wide corner boards scored and painted to resemble quoins, and an elaborate cornice with small trumpet corbels. The shingled walls are original. Cecil Fraser arranged the move and lived in the house; he led the Buckingham School and served as a dean at Harvard Business School. The house is one of several Georgian and Federal buildings relocated in Cambridge for restoration in the 1920s. It stands in Grey Gardens, a 1922 subdivision of Georgian Revival houses, where it is the most authentic and sophisticated building. It was listed as representative of its type and period.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; moved and restored in 1930 by architect Clarence W. Brazer; moved by Cecil Fraser","architectural_style":"Federal/Late Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the house was restored after its 1930 move and is described as unchanged from its original appearance in Duxbury.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.021955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7904/63790498/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000806.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000806/9bf108d961-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000806/9bf108d961-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hall_Tavern_-_20_Gray_Gardens_West_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4014.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hall_Tavern_-_20_Gray_Gardens_West_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4014.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001283","name":"Gray Gardens East and West Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/gray-gardens-east-and-west-historic-district-86001283/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790498","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5642647"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/hall-tavern-83000806/"}