{"nrhp_refnum":"89000570","name":"Cliff Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"787 Mill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.083863905000044,"lon":-72.04092668299995,"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 one-and-a-half story stone house at 787 Mill Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built between about 1830 and 1855 by an unknown architect, on a hilltop overlooking the Quinebaug River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the most unusual 19th-century house in Southbridge and a rare, high-quality example of Gothic Revival design in Central Massachusetts. It is also tied to the mid-19th century real estate development of Globe Village, largely by members of the McKinstry family.","narrative":"Cliff Cottage is a stone house at 787 Mill Street in Southbridge, built between about 1830 and 1855 on a hilltop above the Quinebaug River. Its asymmetrical T-plan, one-and-a-half story form blends Gothic Revival and Greek Revival elements. Paneled stone walls, a curved east end, casement windows and scallop-trimmed dormers mark the Gothic side, while the roof cornice and heavy porch elements reflect Greek Revival taste. The picturesque hilltop siting and use of stone suggest familiarity with the ideas of Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing. The house is described as the most unique 19th-century house in Southbridge and a rare example of its style in Central Massachusetts. Houses in this area first appear on an 1855 map and were mostly owned by the McKinstry family, as part of the building boom in Globe Village linked to the Hamilton Woolen Mill. The original occupant is unclear; a carpenter lived there in the 1870s. The building remains in good condition and unaltered, with a barn on the property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a residence; condition is good, 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 02:13:01.254884-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/7935/63793501/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000570.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000570/15786da161-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000570/15786da161-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthbridgeMA_CliffCottage.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:SouthbridgeMA_CliffCottage.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793501","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5132572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/cliff-cottage-89000570/"}