{"nrhp_refnum":"89000616","name":"Hovey-Winn House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"384 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.44761366500006,"lon":-71.13462092899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story Greek Revival cottage at 384 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, built circa 1841 by local builder John H. Coats on a 0.48-acre lot along the early road to Woburn.","why_significant":"The house is an uncommon local example of a Greek Revival cottage whose overshot front gable forms an integral full-width Doric portico. It is also linked to a period when Winchester changed from scattered farms to a busy village after the railroad arrived in 1835. Its early occupants included a minister, the town's first clerk and the owner of its first livery stable.","narrative":"Built around 1841 at 384 Main Street in Winchester, this one-and-a-half story cottage reflects the Greek Revival style in an unusual local form. Its steeply pitched gable roof extends forward over the front, creating a full-width Doric portico as part of the house itself. Two gabled dormers with six-over-six sash face the street, and the center entrance has a paneled door with sidelights. A rear ell, added in several stages, sits offset to the left. The builder was John H. Coats, who constructed at least a dozen houses along Main Street in the 1840s and 1850s. The house went up as Winchester shifted from scattered farms to a busy village following the Boston & Lowell Railroad's arrival in 1835. Occupants over time included Reverend William Eustis, druggist and first town clerk Josiah Hovey, his son-in-law Dennis Winn, who ran the town's first livery stable, and Postmaster William Fitch. It was listed for its architectural distinction and still serves as a dwelling.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John H. Coats, builder","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is listed as very good, with no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.136929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7909/63790912/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000616.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000616/5350f51cc3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000616/5350f51cc3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_HoveyWinnHouse.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_HoveyWinnHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790912","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovey-Winn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5917135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/hovey-winn-house-89000616/"}