{"nrhp_refnum":"89000608","name":"Gardner, Patience and Sarah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103--105 Cambridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.44459084500005,"lon":-71.15178384399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story Late Federal style dwelling at 103-105 Cambridge Street in Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built circa 1825 (evidence supports 1825-1835), possibly on the foundation of an earlier Gardner house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an important local example of the Late Federal style, a vernacular type tied to Winchester's rural economy in the early nineteenth century. It is also associated with the Gardner family, among the town's earliest settlers, whose descendants included a Massachusetts governor.","narrative":"This two-and-one-half story house at 103-105 Cambridge Street in Winchester, Massachusetts, dates to about 1825 and is a vernacular example of the Late Federal style. It has a rectangular plan, a low-pitched gable roof, a five-bay facade with paired outer windows, and a rear wall chimney offset to the right. The entrance door has Georgian-style proportions beneath a Greek Revival lintel, and a two-story ell extends from the north side. The house is thought to stand on the foundation of an earlier dwelling built by Richard Gardner, who bought 300 acres from Increase Nowell in 1659. Sisters Patience and Sarah Gardner acquired the property in 1825 and lived there until their deaths. Their family included a minister, a Treasurer of the Commonwealth during the Revolution, and Governor Henry J. Gardner. The house is significant for its architecture and its link to one of Winchester's earliest settler families. It has sometimes been wrongly called the 1776 House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect anonymous","architectural_style":"Late Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; present use is a dwelling, with a barn or carriage outbuilding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.003153-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7917/63791789/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000608.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000608/0725ce6fb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000608/0725ce6fb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_PatienceAndSarahGardnerHouse.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:WinchesterMA_PatienceAndSarahGardnerHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791789","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_and_Sarah_Gardner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/gardner-patience-and-sarah-house-89000608/"}