{"nrhp_refnum":"84002657","name":"House at 57 Woburn Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"57 Woburn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.526412451000056,"lon":-71.10041485299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne-style house at 57 Woburn Street in Reading, Massachusetts, built in 1887 for Alfred W. Danforth on a flat lot facing south toward a main street.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house's role in the late 19th-century residential development of Woburn Street and its connection with longtime Reading druggist Alfred Danforth. It is also valued as an intact, architect-designed Queen Anne residence, one of Reading's more elaborate examples. It is said to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"Built in 1887 at 57 Woburn Street in Reading, this Queen Anne house was commissioned by Dr. Alfred W. Danforth, who bought the lot next to his home at number 55. Local architect Horace G. Wadlin designed it, and Captain A.J. Bancroft built it. Its cruciform plan matches that of its neighbor, but varied shapes and rich surface detail set it apart: patterned shingles, a recessed stucco sunburst, an elaborate porch railing, paneled spandrels, unusual brackets and rounded gable-window jambs. Clapboards and shingles cover the exterior, and a large elm shades the front facade. Danforth ran a drugstore at Main and Pleasant Streets for many years, and his son Percy continued the business until 1956. The house was recognized for its part in the area's late 19th-century residential growth, its link to Danforth, and its well-preserved, architect-designed Queen Anne character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Horace G. Wadlin; built by Captain A.J. Bancroft","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","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 02:11:56.638614-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7914/63791498/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002657.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002657/cec8d0845a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002657/cec8d0845a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_57_Woburn_Street,_Reading_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:House_at_57_Woburn_Street,_Reading_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791498","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_57_Woburn_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-57-woburn-street-84002657/"}