{"nrhp_refnum":"84002680","name":"House at 206 West Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"206 West St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.51740500000005,"lon":-71.12007657599997,"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 Greek Revival house at 206 West Street in Reading, Massachusetts, built about 1831-1840 for Henry M. Pratt. It was later altered with a one-story south extension, a central gable, a rear ell and a deck, and it now has an attached store.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for its role in the development of the Dragon Corner neighborhood. It also reflects a pump factory, one of Reading's small 19th-century industries. Finally, it is an example of the conservative but well-built Greek Revival cottages built in Reading from 1830 to 1860.","narrative":"This Greek Revival house at 206 West Street in Reading, Massachusetts, dates from about 1831-1840 and was first owned by Henry M. Pratt, according to town valuation lists. It keeps the familiar five-bay Georgian-Federal plan but faces the street and carries classical Grecian details, including prominent sill, corner and cornice boards and an entrance with three-quarter length sidelights. The central gable was added later, along with a south extension, rear ell and deck. A neighborhood store is attached to the house, and the area is known as Dragon Corner, a name taken from a painted dragon weathervane set up nearby by Ephraim Weston in 1815. By 1875 Benjamin Peabody had established a pump factory on the property, making wooden pump stocks in several small buildings. The house was listed for its role in the neighborhood's development, its connection to small-scale local industry, and its example of modest Greek Revival design in Reading.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling with an attached store; the form lists a garage and shed as outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.118788-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7914/63791491/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002680.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002680/7d2ebf78b8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002680/7d2ebf78b8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_206WestStreet.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_206WestStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791491","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_206_West_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914088"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-206-west-street-84002680/"}