{"nrhp_refnum":"86002068","name":"Brooks, Luther, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Kirkland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37669114000005,"lon":-71.11302470299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Greek Revival clapboard house at 34 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1840 and attributed to builder/architect Oliver Hastings.","why_significant":"The house is noted as a locally significant example of Greek Revival design built by Oliver Hastings, a prominent Cambridge builder-architect. Hastings is credited with mastering a range of styles and adapting them with originality. The reviewers accepted it under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1840 at 34 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, this Greek Revival house was designed and built by Oliver Hastings. It rises two and one half stories from a granite foundation under a slate gable roof with paired side wall chimneys. The gable end faces the street, yet the entry stays on the long east side, keeping a traditional plan. A two-story gabled ell at the rear is probably original, and a later one-story addition sits on the east side. Wide corner pilasters, a broad frieze, Doric porches and pediment-like gable ends mark the style. The house sits on a deep, tree-covered lot behind a granite retaining wall, between the Church of the New Jerusalem and the Joseph Lovering House, another Hastings work. Hastings also built the Regency mansion at 101 Brattle Street for himself. The house was listed for its architecture and as the work of this prominent local builder. It now serves as offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Oliver Hastings","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is offices; original use was residential. The form lists no major alterations and says the house has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.091199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7909/63790906/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86002068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002068/9a9520363b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002068/9a9520363b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Swampyank at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luther_Brooks_House_in_Cambridge_Ma.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Swampyank at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luther_Brooks_House_in_Cambridge_Ma.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790906","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Brooks_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6705500"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/brooks-luther-house-86002068/"}