{"nrhp_refnum":"84002124","name":"Haskins, Sarah A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Harrison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.89712665800005,"lon":-71.09344831199996,"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 c. 1852 side-hall, gable-front house at 18 Harrison Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built for Sarah A. Haskins on land sold to her in 1851. It is a clapboard residence with a rear ell.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the best-preserved and most outstanding example in Taunton of a transitional side-hall Greek Revival house with Italianate detailing. It is also the most carefully preserved structure of its period and style on Harrison Street. Its scrolled cast iron porch ornament is described as unusually ornate and rare.","narrative":"Built around 1852 at 18 Harrison Street in Taunton, this clapboard house was likely constructed for Sarah A. Haskins soon after she bought the land in 1851 from the holdings of Albert Field. It is a side-hall, gable-front house of two and a half stories with a rear ell. A porch with fluted wood columns carries elaborate cast iron cresting and a balustrade, and the scrolled iron ornament along the porch roof is described as unusually ornate and rare. Windows include floor-length 6/9 parlor windows, 6/6 sash and a round-arched window in the gable. The house blends Greek Revival form with transitional Italianate details. It was listed because it is regarded as the best-preserved and most outstanding local example of that combination, and as the most carefully preserved building of its period and style on Harrison Street. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association, and it has never been moved or altered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form states it is unaltered and 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 02:11:56.517867-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7893/63789307/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002124.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002124/f47e3aa596-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002124/f47e3aa596-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_SarahAHaskinsHouse.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_SarahAHaskinsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789307","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_A._Haskins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/haskins-sarah-a-house-84002124/"}