{"nrhp_refnum":"85003296","name":"Kilsyth Terrace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15--27 Kilsyth Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.32920216500003,"lon":-71.14371659699998,"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 row of seven attached brick-and-stone townhouses at 15-27 Kilsyth Road in Brookline, Massachusetts, built in 1892 for the National Home Building Company.","why_significant":"The form says it meets criteria A and C as one of the few remaining \"terraces\" in Brookline, attached single-family houses built to meet housing demand near Beacon Street after the streetcar arrived in the late 1880s. It is a Chateauesque design by Boston architect J. Williams Beal. The houses had the amenities of detached homes, and the tile sidewalk along the row is a distinctive feature.","narrative":"Kilsyth Terrace is a row of seven attached townhouses at 15-27 Kilsyth Road in Brookline, built in 1892 for the National Home Building Company. Boston architect J. Williams Beal designed the Chateauesque group in yellow brick and Roxbury stone, with turrets, brick corbelling and arched entrances. Its design appears to echo Fehmer and Page's Francis Terrace of 1889. A local newspaper in 1893 described broad terraces or piazzas running the length of the block, and each house offered parlors, fireplaces, servants' quarters and a large third-floor room. Residents in the 1890s included clergymen, a commission merchant and a real estate dealer. The terrace was built to meet demand for housing near Beacon Street after the streetcar arrived in the late 1880s. Though lots were small, each house had the amenities of a detached home, and decorative tiles line the sidewalk in front. It was listed as one of the few surviving terraces in Brookline, under criteria A and C. It remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J. Williams Beal (architect); National Home Building Company (original owner)","architectural_style":"Chateauesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in its original use as attached townhouses; alterations include a 1972 connecting balcony between #19 and #21 and conversions of #21 (1913) and #23 (1932) from one to two-family use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.245642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7925/63792514/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003296/04b36e11d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003296/04b36e11d9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_KilsythTerrace.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_KilsythTerrace.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85003266","name":"Fisher Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/fisher-hill-historic-district-85003266/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792514","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilsyth_Terrace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6408219"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/kilsyth-terrace-85003296/"}