{"nrhp_refnum":"85001037","name":"House at 5-7 Winter Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5--7 Winter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.40614407000004,"lon":-71.14184067899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-family dwelling with a matching carriage house at 5-7 Winter Street in East Arlington, Massachusetts, built about 1895 (the history section gives 1895) by John P. Squire.","why_significant":"The building is described as one of the largest and best detailed in eastern Arlington and a well-preserved example of Queen Anne style domestic architecture. It was built as a speculative venture before the area was subdivided, and its closeness to public transportation made it suited to middle-class commuters. It reflects Arlington's late 19th century suburban development.","narrative":"Set in a residential neighborhood of East Arlington, a short distance from Massachusetts Avenue, this two-family house at 5-7 Winter Street dates to about 1895. John P. Squire, a successful market garden farmer, built it as a speculative venture. It went up before the large-scale subdivision of the area, which began when Squire and other farmers sold off their land around the turn of the century. Its proximity to public transportation made it attractive to middle-class commuters, and it illustrates Arlington's suburban growth in the late 19th century. The building is considered one of the largest and best detailed in eastern Arlington, and it is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne domestic architecture, with shingle and clapboard walls. The original carriage house, in the same style, also survives. Both buildings have been carefully maintained, and no major alterations are recorded. The property was listed for its architecture and its link to local suburban development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John P. Squire (builder of the speculative venture); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Shingle Style (recorded in the description); Queen Anne style (in the significance statement)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is dwelling; the form says the house and carriage house have been carefully maintained and have had no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.555207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7919/63791903/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001037.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001037/8997fe83ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001037/8997fe83ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_HouseAt5-7Winter.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:ArlingtonMA_HouseAt5-7Winter.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791903","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_5%E2%80%937_Winter_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-5-7-winter-street-85001037/"}