{"nrhp_refnum":"84002550","name":"Cogan, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stoneham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.48739578200008,"lon":-71.09679585799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family Queen Anne style house at 48 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, built around 1890 for shoe manufacturer James Cogan. It sits on a corner lot in a 19th and 20th century residential neighborhood.","why_significant":"The house is a well-preserved, well-executed local example of the Queen Anne style. It is also associated with the Stoneham shoe industry, as a type of house built by shoe manufacturers as they rose socially. The form states it meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1890 at 48 Elm Street in Stoneham, this Queen Anne style house was the home of shoe manufacturer James Cogan. Behind its shingle and clapboard walls is a traditional rectangular core, updated and disguised by cross gables on heavy foliate brackets, a corner tower with a conical roof, and a broad front verandah that wraps around the tower. The entry sits beneath the verandah in one of the cross gables and is framed by etched glass sidelights. Windows have simple frames with one-over-one sash. The house was carefully sited on its corner lot and resembles houses on High and Chestnut Streets in both architecture and economic level, reflecting Stoneham's suburban expansion. James Cogan and his brother Bernard ran the family firm of Patrick Cogan and Son, founded in 1876, one of three major shoe establishments to continue into the 20th century. The house was listed for its integrity, its Queen Anne design and its link to the shoe industry.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form lists no major alterations and no outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.462437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7914/63791446/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002550.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002550/91888d19bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002550/91888d19bb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cogan_House,_Stoneham_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cogan_House,_Stoneham_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791446","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cogan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6131540"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/cogan-james-house-84002550/"}