{"nrhp_refnum":"85002690","name":"Wayside Inn","other_names":["#516"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"393 Massachusetts Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.41294186600004,"lon":-71.14912078899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular Georgian wood-frame house at 393 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts, built before 1750 as a residence and now used commercially.","why_significant":"It is one of Arlington's few remaining pre-Revolutionary structures and a fine example of Georgian architecture with Greek Revival additions. It is also associated with 19th century Arlington through the Cutter, Whittemore and Shattuck families. The form says it may have served as a stagecoach stop or hotel.","narrative":"Located at 393 Massachusetts Avenue at the edge of Arlington's Central Business District, this clapboard house dates from before 1750 and was originally a residence. It has a half-house floor plan that is unusual for Georgian-period homes, and a substantial third-floor overhang on its right side. Around 1860 a side ell and front porch were added, and the Greek Revival details of the porches remain well preserved. The Cutter family, among the area's first settlers, owned it in the 18th century, followed by the Whittemore family in the early 19th century. Phillip Whittemore also owned the Whittemore Hotel, so the house may have served as a stagecoach stop or hotel, though the name Wayside Inn appears in local documents only in the early 20th century, when it was a private dwelling. Hardware merchant Ralph W. Shattuck later lived here and kept his store next door. It is valued as one of Arlington's few pre-Revolutionary survivors and for its Georgian and Greek Revival character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Georgian, with Greek Revival details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in a fine state of preservation; present use is commercial.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.471445-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7920/63792081/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85002690.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002690/31f6583f75-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002690/31f6583f75-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_WaysideInn.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_WaysideInn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792081","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayside_Inn_(Arlington,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7976877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wayside-inn-85002690/"}