{"nrhp_refnum":"87001399","name":"Hoxie, Timothy, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"135 Hillside St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.33109414200004,"lon":-71.10482102799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Italianate villa at 135 Hillside Street in the Mission Hill section of Roxbury, Boston, built in 1854 for Boston commission merchant Timothy W. Hoxie. It was moved across the street between 1884 and 1888.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the only Italianate villa in the Mission Hill area and one of relatively few intact examples of the style left in Boston. It is also one of only two substantially intact residences from the 1845 Highland Place subdivision, and it reflects the early suburbanization of Mission Hill. A later review sheet questioned the move and the loss of its setting, and the final form added Criteria Consideration B for moved properties.","narrative":"Built in 1854, this wood-frame villa at 135 Hillside Street in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood was the home of Timothy W. Hoxie, a Boston commission merchant dealing in building materials. It has an L-plan, low gabled wings, and a tall three-story pyramidal-roofed tower at the center of the facade. The tower entry has panelled pilasters and a corniced hood on scroll consoles. Bracketed cornices, round-arched windows, and a rear extension on a puddingstone basement complete the exterior. Asbestos shingles from the 1940s cover the earlier siding. Inside, panelled doors, stone mantels, and a stair with a scroll newel survive. The house was part of the 1845 Highland Place subdivision and was moved across the street between 1884 and 1888, probably to allow Sachem Street to be cut through. Later it housed the Cantwell family, who built nearby triple-deckers. It is described as the only Italianate villa in Mission Hill and a rare intact example in Boston. It is now divided into apartments.","period_of_significance":"1854-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian - Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains in residential use, subdivided into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.513882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7966/63796697/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87001399.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001399/cfcbbde414-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001399/cfcbbde414-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_Hoxie_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_Hoxie_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796697","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Hoxie_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7807261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/hoxie-timothy-house-87001399/"}