{"nrhp_refnum":"86001777","name":"Brackett House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"621 Centre St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.35008880600003,"lon":-71.18691912899999,"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 Greek Revival dwelling at 621 Centre Street in Newton Corner, Newton, Massachusetts, built around 1850 by an unknown architect. It is a 2½-story clapboard house with a temple front and a carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of several fine examples of the temple-front type of Greek Revival in Newton Corner, which meets Criterion C. The temple front was used less often there than a local variation with the pediment and entrance at the side. The lot is also tied to early settlement history on land possibly part of Deacon Samuel Hyde's farm.","narrative":"Located at 621 Centre Street in Newton Corner, this clapboard house dates to about 1850 and shows the Greek Revival style in an elaborate temple-front form. The 2½-story main block faces the street with its gable end and a monumental Ionic portico. Most Newton Corner examples of the style instead put the pediment and entrance at the side, behind a row of four large columns, which makes this arrangement less common locally. A north wing was added around 1900, and the present detailing mixes Greek Revival and Colonial Revival elements. A carriage house survives on the property. The large corner lot at Bellevue and Centre Streets is said to go back to early settlement and may once have belonged to Deacon Samuel Hyde's farm. During the second half of the nineteenth century the house was home to Gilman Brackett, a provisioner who also owned several lots on Bellevue Street. The Burton family acquired it shortly before World War I. It is valued as a fine local example of its architectural type.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as very good; in use as a dwelling, as it was originally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.830504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7908/63790890/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001777/012181eb36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001777/012181eb36-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Biruitorul","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brackett_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Biruitorul</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brackett_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790890","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackett_House_(Newton,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4953709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/brackett-house-86001777/"}