{"nrhp_refnum":"89000560","name":"Boyer, Alexis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306 Hamilton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.081518661000075,"lon":-72.03728832699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne Vernacular house at 306 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built in 1888 and designed by its owner, A. Boyer. It is a clapboard residence on a mixed commercial and residential street.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its link to the town's late-19th century real estate development and for adapting the familiar gable-front form to the Queen Anne style. It is a rare, well-preserved local example with elaborate stickwork and jigsaw-cut trim. Its owner, Alexis Boyer, was a leader in the Franco-American community, a state legislator and senator, and a builder who trained other carpenter-builders.","narrative":"Built in 1888 at 306 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, this clapboard house is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne Vernacular design. It adapts the common gable-front form with a one-story wrap-around porch and elaborate stickwork and jigsaw-cut trim on the gable apron and bargeboard. An outside staircase at the rear is an element often seen on Southbridge houses and is believed to be of French Canadian origin. Hamilton Street was cut through in the 1850s, but this section stayed largely undeveloped until the 1880s, and it became popular with French Canadian families after a separate parish and church were established. The house was built for Alexis Boyer, a builder who put up many two- and three-decker dwellings in the town and trained other carpenter-builders. Boyer was also a leader in the Franco-American community, serving in the State Legislature in 1907-1908 and the State Senate in 1914. The house is recognized for its architecture and its ties to local development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A. Boyer","architectural_style":"Queen Anne Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is stated as good, with no major alterations, no outbuildings, and the building not moved. It is in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.324464-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7935/63793541/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000560.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000560/4e3f1cfb58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000560/4e3f1cfb58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexis_Boyer_House,_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:Alexis_Boyer_House,_Southbridge_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793541","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Boyer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4721413"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/boyer-alexis-house-89000560/"}