{"nrhp_refnum":"85001043","name":"Robindreau, Alfred E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 Lafayette St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.400897771000075,"lon":-71.13825994399997,"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 bungalow with Craftsman features at 28 Lafayette Street in the Whittemore Park section of East Arlington, Massachusetts, built around 1920 by an unknown architect. It is a shingle-clad residence with a garage outbuilding.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the best-preserved bungalows in Arlington, in a neighborhood mostly made up of larger 2½-story Shingle and Colonial Revival-derived homes. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It meets criterion C.","narrative":"This shingle-clad bungalow with Craftsman features stands at 28 Lafayette Street in East Arlington, Massachusetts. Built around 1920 and dated by stylistic analysis, it has a garage outbuilding, has not been moved, and has no recorded major alterations. The architect is unknown. Most houses in the surrounding Whittemore Park area are roomy 2½-story residences that evolved from Shingle and Colonial Revival styles, so this smaller bungalow stands apart as one of the best-preserved examples of its type in Arlington. The lot was once part of the Whittemore estate and later part of George L. Thorndike's farm, where the flat land suited market gardening. After World War I the Thorndike estate was divided into streets and the Whittemore Park development grew up. The house's first occupant was Alfred E. Robindreau, a poultry dealer. It was listed for its architectural merit and its retained integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow with Craftsman influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; no major alterations are recorded 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 02:11:56.940173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7906/63790633/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001043.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001043/e4611614cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001043/e4611614cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_AlfredERobindreauHouse.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_AlfredERobindreauHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790633","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_E._Robindreau_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4722589"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/robindreau-alfred-e-house-85001043/"}