{"nrhp_refnum":"85003246","name":"Harris, John, House and Farm","other_names":["Allandale Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"284 Newton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.30346662650004,"lon":-71.13820210394033,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse and working farm complex at 284 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, known as Allandale Farm, with farmhouse dating to before 1788 and about 105 acres in Brookline and Boston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A as the last working farm in Brookline, a town whose earliest economy was agricultural. The house is also one of a few 18th century houses in Brookline, though it was extensively remodelled in 1976. The setting far back from Newton Street preserves a rural atmosphere.","narrative":"Allandale Farm, at 284 Newton Street in Brookline, centers on the John Harris House, a clapboard farmhouse believed to have been built by John Harris before 1788. Harris was a farmer and deputy sheriff, and the land had belonged to Robert Harris in 1655. The house was extensively remodelled in 1976, but earlier features such as beaming and a wide-tread staircase had indicated 18th century construction. Later the property was part of Faulkner Farm, an estate owned by Mary and Edward Brandegee, when the house served as a caretaker's cottage. The farm covers about 105 acres across Brookline and Boston and includes barns, sheds, greenhouses and a tenant's cottage, some used by a nursery school. It was privately farmed until 1968, then became a commercial enterprise. Set at the end of a dirt road about a third of a mile from the street, it keeps a rural character. It was listed as the last working farm in a town once based on agriculture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Probably built by John Harris (architect information not available)","architectural_style":"Not applicable","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"In present use as a residence, commercial farm and nursery school; farmhouse and one barn dramatically altered, other outbuildings relatively untouched.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.864241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7923/63792349/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003246/1bbe66311f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003246/1bbe66311f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BostonMA_AllandaleFarmPond.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:BostonMA_AllandaleFarmPond.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allandale_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/harris-john-house-and-farm-85003246/"}