{"nrhp_refnum":"84002103","name":"Colby, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"74 Winthrop St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.89726805400005,"lon":-71.09803364799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story residence with attic at 74 Winthrop Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1869 for Samuel Colby. It combines Italianate and Stick Style features.","why_significant":"The form describes it as one of the most intact post-Civil War residences standing in Taunton. It sits in an area of high-style houses built for the town's business and political elite. It is argued to meet criterion C as one of Taunton's finest, well-preserved and finely crafted eclectic high-style residences of its period.","narrative":"Built in 1869 at 74 Winthrop Street in Taunton, this two-story house with attic blends Italianate and Stick Style features. Its stucco walls are divided into bays by slightly projecting pilasters, and a low-pitched hipped roof carries a large cupola with stickwork motifs. The same woodwork appears most boldly in the porches on both the main block and the rear ell, while tall one-over-one windows are shielded by small hoods set on feet. Samuel Colby, a manufacturer and retailer of men's and boys' clothing with a store in the Union Block on Main Street, bought the estate lot in 1868 and had the house built the following year. It stands among high-style homes built for Taunton's business and political elite in the late nineteenth century. The house is recognized as one of the most intact post-Civil War residences in the city, with preserved location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and as a fine example of eclectic high-style architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate/Stick Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form reports no alterations and no outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.556966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7893/63789333/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002103/dad67fafe2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002103/dad67fafe2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:74_Winthrop_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:74_Winthrop_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colby_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/colby-samuel-house-84002103/"}