{"nrhp_refnum":"85001068","name":"Locke, Lt. Benjamin, Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11--13 Lowell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42411498700005,"lon":-71.17738611099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay Federal-style clapboard building at 11-13 Lowell Street in Arlington, Massachusetts, built around 1816 by Benjamin Locke as a general store and stage stop. It is now a multi-family home.","why_significant":"The building is tied to the prominent Locke family and to local development, since it was sited to catch new trade arriving on the Middlesex Turnpike. Its exterior remains essentially unchanged, and the nomination says it retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","narrative":"Built around 1816 at 11-13 Lowell Street in Arlington, this five-bay Federal-style clapboard building began as a general store and stage stop. Benjamin Locke, son of Captain Benjamin Locke of the Menotomy Minutemen, put it at the junction of the Middlesex Turnpike and the newly relocated Massachusetts Avenue, where it could draw trade coming south from New Hampshire. Before 1854 the store was converted into a double house for two families, a common dwelling type in 19th-century Arlington. Front and rear porches were added in the late 19th century, and the chimneys were altered then, but the exterior is otherwise essentially unchanged. In 1912 the building, by then a two-family residence, was designated the town pesthouse during a smallpox alarm, though no cases were recorded. It was listed for its association with the Locke family, its role in local development, and its well-preserved form. It is still used as a multi-family home.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benjamin Locke (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a multi-family home; converted from a store to a double-house dwelling for two families before 1854. Front and rear porches were added in the late 19th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.740565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7914/63791483/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001068/6365ea55c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001068/6365ea55c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_LtBenjaminLockeStore.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_LtBenjaminLockeStore.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791483","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lt._Benjamin_Locke_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694739"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/locke-lt-benjamin-store-85001068/"}