{"nrhp_refnum":"86001319","name":"Wood, J. A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Sacramento St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.382784436000065,"lon":-71.11954563799998,"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 large wood-frame Colonial Revival house at 3 Sacramento Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1888 for lumber dealer James A. Wood and designed by Hartwell & Richardson. It was turned ninety degrees in 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as an early example of the Colonial Revival style by Hartwell & Richardson, marking the firm's shift away from the Shingle Style. It also recalls the period when wealthy Cambridge residents built large homes along Massachusetts Avenue.","narrative":"Built in 1888 for James A. Wood, a lumber dealer, this large clapboarded house at 3 Sacramento Street in Cambridge was designed by the architectural firm Hartwell & Richardson. It has a center front entrance between two segmental bay windows, a second story carried on carved brackets, a Palladian window on the east gable, and a turret at the rear. Details include a molded cornice, a carved pediment, fluted porch columns and carved dormer friezes. The house originally faced North Avenue, now Massachusetts Avenue, but was turned ninety degrees to face Sacramento Street in 1925, when a block of stores went up along the avenue. It is valued as an early Colonial Revival work by a firm that had previously designed Shingle Style houses, including the Yerxa House. It also reflects the era before trolleys brought apartments and shops, when wealthy residents built large homes along the wide avenue.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hartwell & Richardson","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the house was moved in 1925 and the form reports no major alterations, though the original shutters have been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.918337-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7906/63790649/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001319/ae435f0654-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001319/ae435f0654-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_A_Wood_House,_Cambridge_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:J_A_Wood_House,_Cambridge_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._A._Wood_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wood-j-a-house-86001319/"}