{"nrhp_refnum":"84002744","name":"Manning, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"145 Salem St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.526791667000055,"lon":-71.09446188999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house at 145 Salem Street in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built about 1850 for Charles Manning. It is a clapboard dwelling facing north on a slight rise.","why_significant":"The evaluation cites its role in Reading's cabinet-making trade, its link to Charles Manning, a parlor desk manufacturer and state representative, and its quality as an example of Greek Revival architecture. It is said to retain integrity of design, location, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling.","narrative":"Built around 1850 at 145 Salem Street in Reading, this clapboard house was the home of Charles Manning, who lived there from 1854 to 1889. Manning made parlor desks, part of the woodworking industry that thrived on the town's east side from the 1830s to the Civil War years. He was apprenticed to Francis Kingman, later partnered with his brother Ezra Manning and Solon A. Parker, and served in the state House of Representatives in 1862. The street beside the lot carries his name. Architecturally, the house is a good example of the Greek Revival. Its three-bay front has the gable end turned to the street, echoing a classical temple, with paneled corner pilasters carrying a wide frieze along the sides. The door surround, similar to designs in American pattern books, has long sidelights, paneled pilasters and a full entablature. Shallow pedimented lintels cap the windows. Alterations are limited, with a porch noted.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","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 02:11:57.581965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7922/63792271/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002744.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002744/ff93ba2827-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002744/ff93ba2827-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReadingMA_CharlesManningHouse.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_CharlesManningHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792271","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manning_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5080636"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/manning-charles-house-84002744/"}