{"nrhp_refnum":"89000573","name":"Dunbar-Vinton House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hook and Hamilton Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.07728448300003,"lon":-72.03373826299998,"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 small one-and-a-half story brick building at Hook and Hamilton Streets in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built around 1828 in the Federal style by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"It is considered significant as a rare small brick residence that may originally have been built as a school, meeting criterion C at the local level. Its tall arched entrance at the end of the facade suggests a schoolhouse design, though published references describe it as a residence. It retains integrity of location, materials, workmanship and design.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Hook and Hamilton Streets in Southbridge, this small brick building dates to about 1828. It is one and a half stories tall with a gable end, 6/6 sash windows, granite sills and lintels, and a six panel door. A tall arched entrance sits at the far end of the facade, a feature that suggests it may have started as a schoolhouse rather than a home. Local accounts from about 1901 call it the home of Lemuel Dunbar, built by Capt. Calvin Clemence, who died in February 1828, and note that a private school was held there by Mrs. Dunbar. Whether Clemence built it for himself or for Dunbar is undocumented, and its original use remains unresolved. A clapboard addition was made to the west end in the early 1970s, and abrasive cleaning damaged the brick surface, but the building is otherwise intact and well preserved. It is valued locally as a rare and unusual small brick building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; currently used as a residence. A clapboard addition was made in the early 1970s, and the brick surface was damaged by abrasive cleaning.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.469884-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7930/63793093/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000573.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000573/66cd7332b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000573/66cd7332b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthbridgeMA_DunbarVintonHouse.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_DunbarVintonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793093","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar-Vinton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314126"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/dunbar-vinton-house-89000573/"}