{"nrhp_refnum":"85003274","name":"Heath, Ebenezer, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30 Heath St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.32552585600007,"lon":-71.14286350599997,"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 two-story, square, hipped-roof clapboard house at 30 Heath Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, built circa 1791 by John Heath for his son Ebenezer and daughter-in-law Hannah Williams Heath.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare Georgian/Federal homestead from the late 18th century, when Brookline's economy was agricultural. It is tied to the Heath family, prominent in the town's social and civic life after the Revolution. It is also called architecturally distinguished for documenting the shift from mid to late 18th-century styles.","narrative":"Built around 1791 at 30 Heath Street in Brookline, this two-story, square, clapboard house has a hipped roof, two large chimneys, a pedimented entrance with pilasters, a dentilled cornice, a transom and 6/6 windows. John Heath built it for his son Ebenezer and daughter-in-law Hannah Williams Heath. He had bought the land in 1782, after it was confiscated from Samuel Sewall, a Loyalist who fled to England. The land had earlier belonged to the White family. The kitchen portion may have been moved in 1838 from the old White house. The front portico may have been replaced in 1845, but little else appears to have changed. The house is described as a rare Georgian/Federal homestead from a period when Brookline's economy was agricultural. It is linked to the Heath family, whose other houses stand nearby on Heath Hill, and it illustrates the transition between mid and late 18th-century architectural styles.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Heath (builder/original owner); architect information not available","architectural_style":"Georgian - Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Residential use; the house has remained in the Heath family. Little has changed apart from the possible replacement of the front portico in 1845.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.036902-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7923/63792391/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003274.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003274/571079c1a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003274/571079c1a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_EbenezerHeathHouse.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_EbenezerHeathHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792391","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Heath_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5331690"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/heath-ebenezer-house-85003274/"}