{"nrhp_refnum":"86000500","name":"Fleming, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Maple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sherborn","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.241265068000075,"lon":-71.37423300099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Greek Revival house at 18 Maple Street in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built around 1850 (the form also says the 1850s) for Thomas Fleming, with west and rear wings added in the late 19th century.","why_significant":"The house is a well-preserved, simply detailed small-scale example of Greek Revival design. It is also linked to willow weaving, a household industry run in Sherborn by the four Fleming brothers, who had learned the trade in England. It was found to meet Criteria A and C.","narrative":"This small Greek Revival house at 18 Maple Street in Sherborn was built around 1850 for Thomas Fleming. It is three bays wide and 1½ stories tall, with a front-facing gable, clapboard walls, a side entry framed by a simple entablature, and windows capped by shallow pediments. West and rear wings were added in the late 19th century. The house sits close to the street a short distance from the town center, with a rubblestone wall along its driveway. Fleming was one of four brothers who ran a willow weaving business as a home industry. They had learned the trade in England and brought a type of willow called osier, which grew best in damp ground. The house was built beside a stream that supplied water to soften the shoots, though the stream has since dried up. Their baskets, from trinket boxes to shipping hampers, were sold mostly locally. The property was listed for its Greek Revival character and its tie to this household manufacturing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; the form describes the house as well preserved. A garage stands on the lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.838712-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7921/63792146/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86000500.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000500/3b219f9eb1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000500/3b219f9eb1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Fleming_House_-_Sherborn,_Massachusetts_-_DSC02965.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Fleming_House_-_Sherborn,_Massachusetts_-_DSC02965.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fleming_House_(Sherborn,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715881"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/fleming-thomas-house-86000500/"}