{"nrhp_refnum":"84002896","name":"Aldrich, J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Aldrich St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Uxbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.02736112800005,"lon":-71.64265863699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Federalist-style house on Aldrich Street in rural Uxbridge, Massachusetts, built about 1825-1835 by an unknown architect. It has a two-storey main block and a one-storey ell.","why_significant":"The house is considered an outstanding local example of late Federalist architecture, essentially unaltered apart from the ell's windows and a rear addition. It also uses a distinctive method of brick construction in which square bricks bond the outer walls to the inner walls. It is linked to the locally prominent Aldrich family.","narrative":"Set among fields and distant woods on Aldrich Street in Uxbridge, this brick house dates to roughly 1825-1835 and reflects the late phase of Federalist design. It has a two-storey main block with interior end-wall chimneys at the west and a one-storey ell with a single end chimney at the east. The walls rest on hammered granite and are laid in stretcher bond, with frequent square bricks tying the outer layer to the inner one, a construction method described as unusual. The symmetrical south facade has a sunken-panel door with sidelights and engaged columns rising to an elliptical arch filled with a wooden fan. Granite sills and lintels frame the six-over-six windows. The first known owner, in 1855, was J. Aldrich, a Quaker likely related to Daniel Aldrich, who owned a nearby sawmill and brick cottage of similar design. The house was listed for its well-preserved architecture and rural setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federalist","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a private residence; the form records it as essentially unaltered except for ell windows and a 20th-century garage and wooden addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.899946-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7931/63793115/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002896.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002896/2950aa094a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002896/2950aa094a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ksherin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Aldrich_House,_National_Historic_Site,_Uxbridge,_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ksherin</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Aldrich_House,_National_Historic_Site,_Uxbridge,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793115","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Aldrich_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/aldrich-j-house-84002896/"}