{"nrhp_refnum":"84002174","name":"Macomber, Calvin T., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"312 W. Brittania St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.91832138700005,"lon":-71.10656182299994,"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 single-family Queen Anne style house at 312 W. Brittania Street in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, built around 1885 for Calvin T. Macomber on a lot of about 0.9 acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is among the most complex examples of Queen Anne architecture in Taunton, with an asymmetrical plan and varied details. Its incised vase and sunflower motif on second-story window jambs is associated with Queen Anne ornament but rarely seen in the city. It meets criterion C as an unusual expression of the style.","narrative":"Built around 1885 for Calvin T. Macomber, this house at 312 W. Brittania Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, is a Queen Anne style residence set about 45 feet back from the street on a lot of roughly 0.9 acre. The wood-frame building is clad in clapboards and has a highly irregular plan, with many projections and ells. A steep hip roof covers the main block and is broken by chimneys and numerous dormers. A screened entrance porch occupies part of the facade. Its most distinctive feature is the incised sunflower and vase decoration on the second-floor window jambs, an ornament associated with the Queen Anne style but uncommon in Taunton. The house was recognized as one of the most complex examples of that style in the city and as an unusual expression of Queen Anne residential design. It retains its original location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and it has no outbuildings. The architect is not known.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as a residence; the form records no alterations and no move.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.34993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7893/63789395/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002174.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002174/b406c36415-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002174/b406c36415-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:312_West_Brittania_Street,_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:312_West_Brittania_Street,_Taunton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_T._Macomber_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5024506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/macomber-calvin-t-house-84002174/"}