{"nrhp_refnum":"85002687","name":"Shattuck, Ralph W., House","other_names":["#441"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"274--276 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.41331552400004,"lon":-71.14840438699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-family Italianate house at 274-276 Broadway in Arlington, Massachusetts, built about 1875 by an unknown architect. It is clapboard-sided and sits in a neighborhood of single and multifamily homes a few hundred feet from the town center.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the finest surviving examples of the mid-19th century double house, a housing form favored in the Mill Brook Valley. It is well preserved and retains its Italianate detailing. It is also linked to Ralph W. Shattuck, owner of Arlington's oldest continuing business, Shattuck's Hardware, who was also active in real estate development.","narrative":"Built around 1875 at 274-276 Broadway in Arlington, this clapboard two-family house is a fine example of the double house, a housing type popular in the Mill Brook Valley in the middle of the 19th century. Its Italianate character shows in the generous brackets along the cornice, the deeply bracketed hood over the double front entrance, and the simple brackets around the windows. The only noted changes are rear ells added in the late 19th century, and the house remains in excellent condition. It was associated with Ralph W. Shattuck, who owned and ran Shattuck's Hardware, Arlington's oldest continuing business. His family was also involved in the hotel trade, and he took part in the town's real estate development. The house lies a few hundred feet from the town center and belongs to the Broadway Historic District, a local district established in 1981. It was listed for its architecture and its association with Shattuck.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in an excellent state of preservation and currently used as a two-family residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.272307-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7914/63791495/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85002687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002687/2575b33fac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002687/2575b33fac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"own work","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_RalphWShattuckHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">own work</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_RalphWShattuckHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791495","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_W._Shattuck_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7288213"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/shattuck-ralph-w-house-85002687/"}