{"nrhp_refnum":"84002645","name":"Hill, Sidney A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stoneham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.47897990200005,"lon":-71.10393558999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A double house at 31 Chestnut Street in Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built about 1895 for Sidney A. Hill. It is a clapboard and shingle residence in the Queen Anne style with Stick Style details.","why_significant":"The house is described as a good local example of the Queen Anne style with Stick Style details, applied to a double house. It is also associated with Stoneham's shoe industry, as the home of a second-generation shoe manufacturer. It is judged to meet criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 31 Chestnut Street in Stoneham, this double house combines Queen Anne style with Stick Style details. Its traditional rectangular core is updated with cross-gables, Stick Style aprons, decorative shingles and a front and side porch on turned balusters. Entries sit at the front corners, each marked by a miniature cross gable on the porch. The house has a brick foundation, clapboard walls and windows with 2/2 sash. It stands in a group of three on the west side of the street, set off by granite curbing. Sidney A. Hill, a lifelong Stoneham resident, lived here; he was a partner in Sanborn and Hill, a small shoe manufacturing firm. He belonged to the second generation of the town's shoe manufacturers, whose homes were comfortable and well detailed but less showy than those of the earlier industrialists. The house retains its integrity and was listed for its architecture and its link to the local shoe industry.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne with Stick Style details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a present residence; no major alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.92656-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7922/63792207/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002645/ac35032446-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002645/ac35032446-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StonehamMA_SidneyAHillHouse.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:StonehamMA_SidneyAHillHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89002328","name":"Nobility Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/nobility-hill-historic-district-89002328/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_A._Hill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7508926"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/hill-sidney-a-house-84002645/"}