{"nrhp_refnum":"85002682","name":"Hill, Addison, House","other_names":["#421"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"83 Appleton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42297126400007,"lon":-71.18070119499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house at 83 Appleton Street in Arlington, Massachusetts, built in the early to mid 19th century for Addison Hill. It is now used as a multi-family residence.","why_significant":"The house is a well-preserved and particularly opulent example of the transition from Greek Revival to Italianate architecture. Its distinctive features include contrasting siding, a boldly bracketed architrave and a wood cupola. It also reflects Addison Hill, a landowner descended from 17th-century settlers of the area.","narrative":"Set back from Appleton Street behind a hedge-enclosed lawn, this early-to-mid 19th-century house in Arlington was built for Addison Hill and is now divided into apartments. It shows the shift from Greek Revival to Italianate design. Clapboards are set flush on the first story and overlapped on the second, and a boldly bracketed architrave adds to the contrast. A wood cupola with a wrought-iron crown, a later addition, tops the house, and a late Victorian addition extends from the left side. A barn that once stood to the right and rear, with its own ornamented cupola and centaur weathervane, has been demolished. Hill came from families that settled much of what became Arlington Heights and western Belmont in the 17th century. His estate reached Massachusetts Avenue, his orchard lay near present Daniels Street, and his sheep grazed where the Locke School now stands. The house was listed for its architectural quality and retained integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted into apartments; now a multi-family residence. The original barn has been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.767849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7909/63790960/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85002682.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002682/9c36dc92f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002682/9c36dc92f6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Addison_Hill_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2788.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Addison_Hill_House,_ArlingtonMA_-_IMG_2788.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790960","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_Hill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4681259"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/hill-addison-house-85002682/"}