{"nrhp_refnum":"84002176","name":"Marvel, Theodore L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"188 Berkley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.87946188700005,"lon":-71.08919547399995,"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 residence at 188 Berkley Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built about 1883 in the Shingle Style, with a connected fieldstone carriage barn. It was likely built for Theodore L. Marvel; the architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is Taunton's most intact example of a large Shingle Style house with a complementary carriage barn. Its estate-like setting and landscaping recall the city's period of greatest prosperity in the late 19th century. The barn, with eyebrow windows and deep arched openings, closely approaches prototypical Shingle Style resort architecture.","narrative":"Built around 1883, this house at 188 Berkley Street in Taunton is a late 19th century estate drawing on the Shingle Style houses of seaside towns. It was most likely built as the residence of Theodore L. Marvel, shortly after he bought the land from Mary Marvel in 1882. The irregularly shaped house has a hipped gable roof, wall surfaces of fieldstone and shingles, a boldly arched fieldstone porch and varied window arrangements. The house is fairly conservative in plan and detail, but the connected carriage barn is more striking, with a sweeping roof, eyebrow windows and a large arched fieldstone entrance. The property was listed because it is Taunton's most intact example of a large Shingle Style house with a matching carriage barn. Its landscaped, estate-like setting also reflects the prosperity the city enjoyed toward the end of the 19th century. The form records no alterations and no move.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as a residence in current use; 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 02:11:57.086013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/7893/63789321/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002176/3a786dc0a0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002176/3a786dc0a0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_TheodoreLMarvelHouse.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_TheodoreLMarvelHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Marvel_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/marvel-theodore-l-house-84002176/"}