{"nrhp_refnum":"84002106","name":"Dean, Jonathan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175 Dean St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.906607128000076,"lon":-71.06729477299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame gable-roof cottage at 175 Dean Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built about 1766 for Jonathan Dean as a residence.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most highly detailed of Taunton's 18th-century gable-roof cottages, built during the agricultural settlement of the Dean Street and Summer Street corridor. It is exceptional for its fluted pilaster-trimmed door, a frieze with a continuous festoon motif, and its excellent state of preservation. It is said to meet criterion C as a well-preserved Federal period cottage.","narrative":"Built around 1766 for Jonathan Dean, this wood-frame cottage at 175 Dean Street in Taunton was recorded as a residence. Dean belonged to the founding Dean family, who established early farms along the Dean Street and Summer Street corridor during the agricultural settlement of central Taunton. The house is a one-and-a-half-story gable-roof cottage with a large central chimney, close-cropped eaves and clapboard walls. Its standout features are a door framed by fluted pilasters and a frieze enriched with a continuous festoon motif. The survey describes it as the most highly detailed of Taunton's eighteenth-century gable-roof cottages. It has no outbuildings, has not been altered or moved, and retains its location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. These qualities led to its recognition as an outstanding, well-preserved example of a Federal period cottage under the architectural criterion. The boundaries follow the current lot lines.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as a residence; the form records no alterations and no moves, and describes the house as being in an excellent state of preservation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.747206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7894/63789497/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002106/333d606d3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002106/333d606d3c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown, possibly \"T.W.\" of the Taunton Historical Society (see National Register nomination at above link)","credit_html":"Unknown, possibly "T.W." of the Taunton Historical Society (see National Register nomination at above link), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JonathanDeanHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789497","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dean_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6272930"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/dean-jonathan-house-84002106/"}