{"nrhp_refnum":"89000535","name":"Marcy, Mrs. R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"64 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.07737075600005,"lon":-72.04056372699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Queen Anne style residence at 64 South Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built between about 1878 and 1898, with an associated barn, on a hilltop lot of under an acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its link to the town's late-19th century real estate development and for its stylish Queen Anne design. It is described as a fine, well preserved, large and elaborate example that compares in size and design quality to the A.M. Cheney House. It meets criterion C at the local level and retains its integrity.","narrative":"Perched on a hilltop at 64 South Street in Southbridge, this large Queen Anne house dates from between about 1878 and 1898 and still serves as a residence, with a barn on the same lot. Its exterior shows the style's asymmetrical design, picturesque silhouette and broad roofs, along with rich surface texture from clapboards, three patterns of shingling, carved ornamental strips, bracketed eaves, slate roofs and patterned brickwork in the chimneys. It was first shown on an 1898 atlas as the property of Mrs. R. Marcy, identified as Rinda Marcy, widow of Merrick A. Marcy, probably linked to a family that settled in Southbridge in the 1730s. This stretch of South Street saw little building between the 1840s and 1880s, and the house is tied to the later development of the area. Smaller houses built nearby in the early twentieth century reduced its original lawn. It was listed for its Queen Anne design and its place in the town's late-19th century growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; present use is residential, with no major alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.93338-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7931/63793126/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000535.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000535/5e23732168-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000535/5e23732168-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:64_South_Street,_Southbridge_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:64_South_Street,_Southbridge_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793126","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._R._Marcy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6929858"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/marcy-mrs-r-house-89000535/"}