{"nrhp_refnum":"85001047","name":"Sterling, Ella Mahalla Cutter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"93 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.41909088500006,"lon":-71.15735256499994,"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 Greek Revival farmhouse at 93 Summer Street in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, dated ca. 1840-1865, with an extended rear ell and a low stone wall and gateposts at the front.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest Greek Revival house in its section of Arlington and an intact example of the style, retaining integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is also tied to the Cutter family, prominent in Arlington since the early eighteenth century. It meets criterion C.","narrative":"Set atop a low rise on a broad lawn at 93 Summer Street in Arlington, this farmhouse dates to about 1840-1865 and is described as the finest Greek Revival house in its part of town. Its clapboard walls carry a full pedimented gable, corner pilasters, a one-story Doric porch and a side-lighted entrance. An ell made up of several sections, extended over time, is attached to the southeast wall. A low stone retaining wall, granite posts and an iron gate frame the property. An 1875 atlas lists the house under E.M.C. Sterling, probably Ella Mahalla Cutter Sterling, daughter of J. Cyrus Cutter, who then farmed most of the surrounding land. The Cutters were prominent in Arlington affairs from the early eighteenth century, when John Cutter became deacon of the newly organized Northwest Precinct of Cambridge. The house was listed for its architecture, as an intact example of the Greek Revival style.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the ell has been extended several times.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.540261-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/7908/63790874/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001047.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001047/e1db60052e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001047/e1db60052e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ella_Mahalla_Cutter_Sterling_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2720.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ella_Mahalla_Cutter_Sterling_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2720.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Mahalla_Cutter_Sterling_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/sterling-ella-mahalla-cutter-house-85001047/"}