{"nrhp_refnum":"85003261","name":"Douglass, Alfred, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"157 Clyde St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.319308324000076,"lon":-71.14787028199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story shingled and stucco Medieval Revival house at 157 Clyde Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, built in 1909-1910 to designs by Charles Patch on about two acres, with landscape work by Olmsted Brothers.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of the Medieval Revival style and a significant structure on an early 20th century Brookline country estate. It was built for Alfred Douglass as servants' quarters and a two-family house for his estate, Fernwood. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Set at the end of a wooded access road in Brookline, this shingled and stucco house at 157 Clyde Street was designed by Charles Patch and built around 1909-1910 for Alfred Douglass, a retired New York merchant. Douglass bought the former Gardiner estate, demolished the old house, and built a new main house called Fernwood along with this building, which originally served as a two-family house for domestic staff. Its Medieval Revival character shows in the gable roof, three-gable front, bargeboards with finials and drops, banded windows, and a hooded entrance with large carved brackets. Olmsted Brothers handled the landscape. In 1930 Sidney Winslow, who had bought the estate in 1924, hired Putnam and Cox to convert it to a single-family home, adding a top floor, baths, new dormers, and a three-story stair hall extension. It was listed as a fine example of its style and as a significant part of an early twentieth century country estate.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles Patch (architect); Olmsted Brothers (landscape); Putnam and Cox (1930 alterations)","architectural_style":"Medieval Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; altered in 1930 from a two-family to a one-family house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.330539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7925/63792586/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003261/9057edfe34-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003261/9057edfe34-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlfredDouglassHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlfredDouglassHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792586","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Douglass_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4722554"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/douglass-alfred-house-85003261/"}