{"nrhp_refnum":"85003285","name":"House at 25 Stanton Road","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Stanton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.33414688700003,"lon":-71.12482862199994,"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 residential Italianate house at 25 Stanton Road in Brookline, Massachusetts, built about 1849-1855 (the text points to 1852), probably for Samuel Crafts. The architect is not known.","why_significant":"The house is argued to meet criterion C as one of a group of Italianate houses in a concentrated area. Although modified, it keeps its asymmetrical L-shaped, picturesque configuration, triple windows, deep bracketed eaves and bracketed window heads. Its early owners were also Boston businessmen, which reflects how the area was developed.","narrative":"This Italianate house at 25 Stanton Road in Brookline was built between 1849 and 1855. Subdivision plans and 1850s tax lists suggest it went up in 1852, at the same time as the house now at 5 Lincoln Road, which it originally matched. Samuel Crafts, a Brookline landowner and a founder of the Harvard Congregational Society, appears to have been the first owner. He rented it in 1852 to a Boston importer, and by 1856 it had been sold to a Boston furniture dealer. Later changes included a 1973 greenhouse that replaced a first-floor bay window and a 1976 rear addition. Even so, the house keeps its L-shaped, picturesque plan, triple arched second-story window, deep bracketed eaves, rounded windows and heavy window cornices. It is one of several Italianate houses on the street and was listed for its architecture as a representative example of the style in Brookline.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential. Alterations include reshingling of the roof (1950), removal of bay windows and installation of a greenhouse (1973), and a rear two-story addition (1976).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.98952-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7924/63792445/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003285/4dc64c2552-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003285/4dc64c2552-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_25StantonRoad.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_25StantonRoad.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792445","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_25_Stanton_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914179"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/house-at-25-stanton-road-85003285/"}