{"nrhp_refnum":"84002664","name":"House at 129 High Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"129 High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52441558500004,"lon":-71.11106134599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style house at 129 High Street in Reading, Massachusetts, built around 1896 on a hill facing west, with clapboard and shingle walls and a garage/carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house reflects Reading's growth as a desirable residential community for Boston businessmen. It is also presented as a substantial if conservative example of the Queen Anne style. The house is said to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"Built around 1896 on a hill facing west at 129 High Street in Reading, this Queen Anne style house is covered in clapboards and shingles and has a garage or carriage house. Its date comes from town water records, which show the house connected to the public water system in September 1896. The design takes the standard gable-end plan, used as early as the Greek Revival period, and adds two circular forms: an open porch and a round bay. An oriel window sits in the center of the gable, and an elaborate tripartite window with a stained-glass center panel is set within the porch. Henry H. Howard, a Boston real-estate man with an office at Chute and High Streets, was living here by 1900, probably after buying it from the builder. Later residents included Herbert and Eva Brackett and, from 1919, a local dentist. The house was listed for its place in Reading's growth as a residential community for Boston businessmen and as a conservative but substantial Queen Anne example.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","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 02:11:56.678149-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7911/63791138/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002664.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002664/8c0c478d5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002664/8c0c478d5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_129HighStreet.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_129HighStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791138","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_129_High_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5913918"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-129-high-street-84002664/"}