{"nrhp_refnum":"86001814","name":"House at 102 Staniford Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 Staniford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.35313707100005,"lon":-71.24809514399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead house with surviving barns at 102 Staniford Street in Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts, built about 1869 in a vernacular Italianate style on a lot of about 1.27 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property meets Criterion A as a rare surviving ensemble of farm buildings that represents Auburndale's agricultural beginnings. The house keeps its vernacular Italianate character, and two large barns remain to the north. It was worked as a farm in the 19th century and has been held by one family for over a century.","narrative":"Built around 1869 on a lot of roughly 1.27 acres in Auburndale, this farmstead at 102 Staniford Street in Newton preserves a rare group of agricultural buildings. The clapboard house was originally a south-facing structure three bays wide and one bay deep. Its entrance now sits on the east side, in what was once the rear ell, behind a full-width porch with paired posts, lattice-like treillage and an open-work balustrade. Small round-headed gable windows and boxed eaves recall its vernacular Italianate origins. Additions were made in 1896 and 1915, and the house remains in excellent condition and in residential use. Two large barns still stand north of the house, evidence of the property's operation as a farm during the 19th century. Members of the Carey family have owned it for more than a century. The ensemble was listed as a rare survivor of the farming that marked the early development of Auburndale.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is described as excellent, with additions made in 1896 and 1915.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.916501-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7903/63790383/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001814.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001814/6c86612442-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001814/6c86612442-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_HouseAt102StanifordStreet.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_HouseAt102StanifordStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790383","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_102_Staniford_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715562"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-102-staniford-street-86001814/"}