{"nrhp_refnum":"86001317","name":"Warren, Langford H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Garden Terr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.387762405000046,"lon":-71.12791311299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential house at 6 Garden Terrace in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1904 to designs by Warren, Smith & Biscoe for Langford Warren. It is stucco-clad and stands on a short cul-de-sac.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the earliest and best examples of the Neo-Rational style in Cambridge, with a steep gabled roof and clear geometric composition. It also shows the early twentieth-century shift toward a rational approach to architecture while keeping late nineteenth-century craftsmanship. Langford Warren organized and first headed the Harvard Department of Architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at 6 Garden Terrace in Cambridge, this stucco house was designed by Warren, Smith & Biscoe for Langford Warren, who organized and first headed the Harvard Department of Architecture. It sits on a hillside, with the entrance at brick basement level, living rooms on the principal floor opening to a broad rear terrace, and a top-floor studio lit by a large north window in a shingled gable. The steep roof and prominent gables recall Medieval forms, while ornament is limited to the entrance, which has sidelights, a columned hood and a triple casement window above. White wooden window frames and a narrow belt course emphasize the geometric composition. The nomination treats it as one of the earliest and best examples of the Neo-Rational style in Cambridge, drawing on English work by designers such as C.F.A. Voysey. It was listed for its architecture and for showing the move toward rational design while preserving high craftsmanship standards.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Warren, Smith & Biscoe","architectural_style":"Neo-Rational","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form reports no major alterations and says the house has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.853714-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7911/63791124/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001317.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001317/1a2a4cad3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001317/1a2a4cad3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CambridgeMA_LangfordHWarrenHouse.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:CambridgeMA_LangfordHWarrenHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791124","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Langford_Warren_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5628370"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/warren-langford-h-house-86001317/"}