{"nrhp_refnum":"86001776","name":"Blodgett, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 Fairmont Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34944494000007,"lon":-71.18762522099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Stick Style single-family house built around 1875 at 645 Centre Street (now 11 Fairmont Avenue) in Newton Corner, Newton, Massachusetts, on a lot of less than one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding, well-preserved example of the Stick Style in Newton, meeting Criterion C. It shows the style's tall, angular forms, steep projecting roofs and abundant applied detail. It is also typical of the lavish suburban homes built by well-to-do Boston businessmen in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.","narrative":"Built around 1875 on Mount Ida in Newton Corner, this clapboard house is a well-preserved example of the Stick Style. Its design emphasizes tall, vertical proportions, steep projecting roofs and an overall angularity, with a polygonal tower and a porte-cochere adding energy to the composition. The plan departs from traditional center-hall or side-hall layouts, producing broken interior space and irregularly shaped rooms. Detailing is abundant, including paired cornice brackets, bosses, applied ornament, balusters, trellises, paneled chimneys, stained glass and elaborate finials. William Blodgett, a Boston carpet dealer, bought the house between 1879 and 1883. The property reflects the lavish suburban residences that prosperous Boston businessmen built in the third quarter of the nineteenth century, on a hill developed shortly after the Civil War. Its address was later changed from 645 Centre Street to 11 Fairmont Avenue, because the main entrance now faces Fairmont Avenue. A garage is the only outbuilding.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Stick Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as very good, with no major alterations and not moved; present use is a dwelling, and the original use was also a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.313953-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7912/63791278/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001776.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001776/a4bbf7f2fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001776/a4bbf7f2fe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Biruitorul","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamBlodgettHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Biruitorul</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamBlodgettHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blodgett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716038"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/blodgett-william-house-86001776/"}