{"nrhp_refnum":"84002087","name":"Atwood, Charles R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30 Dean St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.90398903700003,"lon":-71.08258137399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate house at 30 Dean Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built around 1850 (a map-based date; a photo caption says about 1855). The architect is unknown, and it sits on a landscaped suburban lot of less than one acre.","why_significant":"The house is a fine local example of the Italianate style and an early use of the L-plan with porches and entries at the L's angle. It is also tied to Charles R. Atwood, a prominent Taunton businessman, community leader and author. It is judged to meet criteria B and C.","narrative":"Located at 30 Dean Street in Taunton, this clapboard house was built around 1850 in the Italianate style. Its L-shaped plan, with porches and entries set in the angle of the L, is described as an early use of that arrangement. The two-story house has intersecting gable roofs with deeply overhanging bracketed cornices, windows with heavy bracketed lintels, an arched window in the gable field and two oriels. It stands on a large, well-landscaped lot. The first occupant, Charles R. Atwood, was a businessman and community leader who served as treasurer and agent of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company, helped establish and direct Taunton's public parks, and wrote Reminiscences of Taunton in 1883. After his death the house passed to his son, Henry D. Atwood, and stayed in the family until the 1930s. The house was listed for its association with Atwood and as an important local example of Italianate design, and it retains its original location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form lists no major alterations and says the building has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.217018-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7896/63789653/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002087.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002087/80f25d7853-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002087/80f25d7853-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_R._Atwood_House,_Taunton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_R._Atwood_House,_Taunton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789653","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._Atwood_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5081803"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/atwood-charles-r-house-84002087/"}