{"nrhp_refnum":"85003254","name":"Child, Isaac, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209 Newton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.31056571900007,"lon":-71.14344750099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family residence at 209 Newton Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, dating to before 1740, on a roughly four-acre lot. It was originally built for Isaac Child and has been altered several times.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets criterion C as an unusual example of an 18th century homestead, one of fewer than a dozen remaining in the town. Heavy summer beams, wide floor boards, batten doors and strap hinges suggest older materials were used in its construction.","narrative":"This house at 209 Newton Street in Brookline began as a farmhouse associated with Isaac Child, whose family descended from Griffin Bowen, an early landholder. The form dates the building to before 1740 and notes that Child may have built a house here in 1715, although written evidence cannot place this house earlier than 1790. Heavy summer beams, wide floor boards, batten doors and strap hinges point to the reuse of materials from an older building. The house changed substantially in 1875, when Willard A. Humphrey raised it and converted it from two stories to three, adding the present ground floor with its heavy trim. Later work included interior changes in 1923, servants' quarters in 1928, and door and window alterations in 1953 and 1956. It was listed because it is an unusual surviving 18th century homestead, one of fewer than a dozen left in the town. It remains a residence on about four acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect information not available; 1875 raising and alterations by Willard A. Humphrey","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the property has a garage and pool and vinyl siding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.081387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7923/63792379/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003254/1a2274bbfa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003254/1a2274bbfa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_IsaacChildHouse.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:BrooklineMA_IsaacChildHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792379","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Child_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6076135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/child-isaac-house-85003254/"}