{"nrhp_refnum":"86000375","name":"Harriswood Crescent","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"60--88 Harold St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.31811191500003,"lon":-71.09577238199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of fifteen attached masonry houses at 60-88 Harold Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built in 1890 in the Old English style of the English Domestic Revival and designed by J. Williams Beal.","why_significant":"The row is a well-preserved and unusual example of a Queen Anne style suburban terrace, designed to look like seven large separate villas rather than fifteen repeated units. It is a work by J. Williams Beal, an architect of statewide reputation, and it documents Roxbury's growth as a streetcar suburb. It retains its integrity of design, setting, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Harriswood Crescent is a row of fifteen attached houses on Harold Street in Roxbury, Boston, built in 1890 to designs by architect J. Williams Beal. The Estate of Horatio Harris built the houses on speculation, with the firm of Holmes Brothers as builder, at a cost of $8,000 each. Brick, stucco, half-timbering and rough stone, along with gables, crenellated bays and varied setbacks, make the row read as seven large houses instead of fifteen units. The group faces Horatio Harris Park, which gave the small lots a ready-made landscaped setting and helped the houses appeal to buyers who might otherwise have chosen detached homes. It is described as one of the earliest suburban terraces in the Boston area and the only one in Roxbury. The houses keep their original interior plans and walnut woodwork, and they remain single-family residences. They were listed for architectural quality, for Beal's work, and for their link to Roxbury's streetcar suburb development.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1890)","architect_builder":"J. Williams Beal (architect); Holmes Brothers (builder)","architectural_style":"Old English style of the English Domestic Revival (Queen Anne Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses are in good condition, largely unaltered, and in use as owner-occupied single-family residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.355573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7968/63796879/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000375.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000375/d8bd7f3d0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000375/d8bd7f3d0c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriswood_Crescent_Boston_MA_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriswood_Crescent_Boston_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796879","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriswood_Crescent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5666304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/harriswood-crescent-86000375/"}