{"nrhp_refnum":"84002834","name":"Tay, Jesse, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stoneham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.48713691900008,"lon":-71.09617884699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, clapboard-sheathed Federal period house at 51 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, built around 1810 for Jesse Tay on a hill facing north onto Elm Street.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the house is one of Stoneham's best preserved Federal period houses and has a well preserved vernacular form. It is also tied to the early shoe industry, since Jesse Tay was a shoebench maker and farmer and his family members who lived there were shoemakers. It is cited under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1810 at 51 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, this house is considered one of the town's best preserved Federal period dwellings. It has an asymmetrical four-bay facade with a center entry, rises two stories to a pitched roof, and is one room deep with rear wall chimneys placed asymmetrically. A granite foundation, clapboard siding, narrow cornerboards and flat window trim give it the taut surface typical of the Federal style. A two-story rear ell and a one-story side ell extend from the east end. The windows are nineteenth century 2/2 replacements, and an open pitched-roof portico shelters the entry. Jesse Tay, a shoebench maker and farmer, built the house, and family members who lived there were shoemakers. It appears on maps from 1830 and 1858 and is one of the earliest houses along Elm Street, a route toward Wakefield and the west. One of the ells was probably used as a shoe shop during Stoneham's early industrial period.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the front entrance is the noted major alteration and the house has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.762861-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7922/63792233/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002834/112945fb7e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002834/112945fb7e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StonehamMA_JesseTayHouse.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:StonehamMA_JesseTayHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792233","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Tay_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6186903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/tay-jesse-house-84002834/"}