{"nrhp_refnum":"85001029","name":"Cutter, Second, A. P., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"89 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.41908859700004,"lon":-71.15747402599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay Italianate house at 89 Summer Street in Arlington, Massachusetts, built about 1855 by an unknown architect. It is clapboard-sided and now serves as a two-family residence.","why_significant":"The house is nominated mainly for its fine Italianate form and its surviving original landscaping, meeting Criterion C. It may have been built for the sons of A. P. Cutter, a family counted among Arlington's original settlers. The form states it retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","narrative":"Built around 1855 at 89 Summer Street in Arlington, this clapboard house is a well-proportioned three-bay example of Italianate design. Pilasters define the bays, and the window surrounds carry simple brackets. The central window is topped by a slightly curving pediment, and the double entrance sits under a single-story Italianate porch with a balustrade, though the double doorway itself is a 20th-century replacement. Part of the original landscaping survives, including a low cut-stone retaining wall and two steps framed by granite posts leading from the street. The house may have been built for the sons of A. P. Cutter: Charles, Waldo and Edward. The Cutters were among Arlington's original settlers. The house was altered to a two-family dwelling in 1949 and is still used that way. It was listed for its fine Italianate form and its original landscaping, and it keeps good integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a two-family residence; it was converted from a single-family home to two-family in 1949.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.794548-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7909/63790994/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001029.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001029/eceeb521e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001029/eceeb521e8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_A._P._Cutter_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2722.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_A._P._Cutter_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2722.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790994","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_A._P._Cutter_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715844"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/cutter-second-a-p-house-85001029/"}