{"nrhp_refnum":"86001961","name":"House at 230 Melrose Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"230 Melrose St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.34858269800003,"lon":-71.25072498599997,"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 small mansard-style suburban dwelling at 230 Melrose Street in Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts, built around 1858 by an unknown architect and still used as a house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Newton's finest examples of a well-detailed middle-class residence built for Boston commuters in the second half of the nineteenth century. It has a towered entrance pavilion and a stick-decorated verandah, and is described as one of Auburndale's most ornate small dwellings. It meets Criterion C.","narrative":"This small mansard-style house at 230 Melrose Street in Auburndale, Newton, dates to about 1858, based on stylistic analysis. The architect is unknown. Clad in clapboard, it has a steep, straight-edged roof broken only by the mansard roof of a towered entrance pavilion. A full-width front verandah carries stick decoration, a feature not generally seen on mansard houses until the early 1870s. Although small mansard cottages are common across Newton, few show this much originality in their decorative detail, and the house is described as one of Auburndale's most ornate small dwellings. It also reflects the growth of suburban villages for middle-class commuters to Boston. The surrounding streets come from a subdivision by the North Auburn Dale Land Company, formed by William Jackson and eleven other men to sell houselots near the Boston and Worcester railroad tracks. The house remains a dwelling in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mansard","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling, in excellent condition, not moved; the verandah was added in the late 19th century and a window altered in the 20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.727107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7910/63791084/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001961/838e27ead3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001961/838e27ead3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonMA_HouseAt230MelroseStreet.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_HouseAt230MelroseStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791084","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_230_Melrose_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-230-melrose-street-86001961/"}