{"nrhp_refnum":"84002104","name":"Dean, Abiezar, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"57 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.90011779200006,"lon":-71.08745830399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal style residence at 57 Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built for Abiezar Dean probably between 1835 and 1840 on land bought from minister Simeon Doggett in 1833.","why_significant":"The house is described as a rare and relatively unaltered example of Federal period construction. It is also tied to the Dean family, early settlers and founders of the Taunton iron works. It is judged to meet criterion C for the high quality and excellent preservation of its architecture.","narrative":"Located at 57 Summer Street in Taunton, this two-story house was built for Abiezar Dean, probably between 1835 and 1840, on land purchased from the minister Simeon Doggett in 1833. It is a Federal style dwelling with a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. The central entrance is framed by a semi-elliptical fanlight and narrow sidelights. Clapboards cover the exterior, and a twentieth-century one-story outbuilding stands on the lot. The house has not been altered or moved, and it keeps its integrity of design, location, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It was listed for the high quality and excellent preservation of its Federal period architecture, which is described as rare and relatively unaltered. It also forms part of a group of Taunton residences in the central area connected with the Dean family, early settlers and founders of local iron works. The house remains a residence, and the nominated boundaries follow the current lot lines.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form records the building as not altered and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.313015-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7892/63789293/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002104/b9de462701-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002104/b9de462701-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_AbiezarDeanHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_AbiezarDeanHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789293","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiezar_Dean_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4667645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/dean-abiezar-house-84002104/"}