{"nrhp_refnum":"84002567","name":"Dewey Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"176 Summer Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52209092800007,"lon":-71.12960910599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Dewey Place is a single-family house at 176 Summer Avenue in Reading, Massachusetts, built about 1853 for John Mansfield. It combines Greek Revival and Italianate styling and sits on about 1.5 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects the 19th-century real estate boom on Reading's West Side and was home to a railroad commuter. It is tied to shoe dealers John Mansfield and Robert \"Father\" Kemp and to glass lantern globe dealer Francis O. Dewey. It is also a largely intact local example of Greek Revival-Italianate architecture.","narrative":"Dewey Place is a house at 176 Summer Avenue in Reading, Massachusetts, built around 1853 and combining Greek Revival and Italianate design. A cupola, or lantern, sits atop its three-bay, gable-end form, a feature Reading residents treated as a sign of an important Italianate house. Corner pilasters and a wide frieze carry over from the earlier Greek Revival style. The present porch entrance dates from the late 19th or early 20th century, and the original entrance may have been on the south side. John Mansfield, a partner of Robert \"Father\" Kemp in a Boston boot and shoe business, bought the land in 1853. Later occupants included Frank Palmer, a superintendent at the Boston Merchants Exchange, and Francis O. Dewey, a major New England dealer in glass lantern globes. Like his predecessors, Dewey commuted to Boston by rail. The house stands on a street that was home to Reading's most affluent businessmen, and it remains a largely intact example of its style.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Exterior is clad in aluminum siding. Alterations include a south addition, a west porch, an east ell and an entrance shifted to the west. The form records no outbuildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.185554-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7921/63792160/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002567.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002567/550163f002-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002567/550163f002-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_DeweyPlace.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:ReadingMA_DeweyPlace.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792160","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5268206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/dewey-place-84002567/"}