{"nrhp_refnum":"84002650","name":"House at 44 Temple Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"44 Temple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52146608900006,"lon":-71.11473581599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A bungalow-style house at 44 Temple Street in Reading, Massachusetts, built in 1910-1911 for original owner Annie M. Bliss. It sits on a small lot of about 9,110 square feet, facing north.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant as an example of the infill pattern of land development on Temple Street, which was laid out in 1848 along the boundary of two landowning families' tracts. It is also linked to Annie \"Nancy\" Bliss, a newspaper columnist and storekeeper, and is an excellent example of the bungalow style in Reading.","narrative":"Built in 1910-1911, this bungalow at 44 Temple Street in Reading has shingled walls, a fieldstone foundation and a small lot facing north. Its features include grouped horizontal windows, a very wide roof overhang on exposed rafter ends, two large knee braces under the front roof edge, low square piers beside the porch steps, and a prominent decorative dormer. The only recorded alteration is to the porch steps. The house is cited as a good example of the bungalow style in Reading. It also illustrates how Temple Street developed. The Appleton and Temple families held large adjoining tracts, and a street was laid out along their boundary in 1848. A few lots sold early, and the gaps between houses filled in over time, leaving a street with houses from most 19th and 20th century periods. The original owner, Annie \"Nancy\" Bliss, wrote a weekly column for the Reading Chronicle in the 1930s and ran a small candy shop from her home that children frequented.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.867406-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7922/63792283/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002650.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002650/4d9dbe9cbc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002650/4d9dbe9cbc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_44TempleStreet.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_44TempleStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792283","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_44_Temple_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715584"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-44-temple-street-84002650/"}