{"nrhp_refnum":"86001785","name":"Clark House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"379 Central St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34120749700003,"lon":-71.25483171799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 379 Central Street in Auburndale, a village of Newton, Massachusetts, built in 1895 for the Reverend Francis E. Clark. It is a brick and shingle dwelling on a suburban lot of 33,414 square feet.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Reverend Francis E. Clark, founder of the Christian Endeavor Movement and editor of its publication, The Golden Rule. It also calls the house one of Newton's finest examples of late Queen Anne style with Shingle Style influences.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at 379 Central Street in Auburndale, this suburban Newton house combines late Queen Anne and Shingle Style features. A dominant three-story conical corner tower, stained glass windows, panelled chimneys and a tri-partite gabled dormer with half-timbering reflect the Queen Anne tradition. The blocky form and wood shingle covering on the upper floors show Shingle Style influence, while fieldstone on the first story was a favored device of local Shingle Style architects. The house was constructed for Reverend Francis E. Clark, who was educated at Dartmouth and Andover Theological Seminary. Clark founded the Christian Endeavor Movement and edited its publication, The Golden Rule. The house was listed for this association and for its architecture, which the nomination ranks among the city's finest examples of the late Queen Anne style. The architect is unknown. A conservatory was removed and a porch enclosed in the twentieth century, but the house remains in very good condition and is still used as a dwelling.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Queen Anne/Shingle Style","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a dwelling; condition described as very good. A 20th-century conservatory was removed and a porch enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.510984-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7914/63791400/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001785.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001785/225fb854e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001785/225fb854e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_ClarkHouse.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:NewtonMA_ClarkHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791400","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Francis_E._Clark_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7317675"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/clark-house-86001785/"}