{"nrhp_refnum":"89000618","name":"Richardson, Zachariah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"597 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.468959580000046,"lon":-71.12476438599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story Greek Revival house at 597 Washington Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, dating from about 1794 with alterations in the 1840s. It may incorporate parts of an earlier schoolhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a Greek Revival dwelling that incorporates parts of an earlier structure (Criterion C). It is also tied to the Richardson family, who settled in present-day Winchester by 1642 (Criterion A).","narrative":"Located at 597 Washington Street in Winchester, this two and one-half story house has a low-pitched gable roof and an elongated rectangular plan. Its surviving detail is Greek Revival, including six-over-nine and six-over-six sash, window and cornice moldings, and an entrance with sidelights. The uneven window placement and differences in framing, heavy hewn timbers in the south section and lighter framing in the north, suggest it was built in stages. It may incorporate part of a schoolhouse erected in 1794 and moved in 1818, which later became Zachariah Richardson's shoe shop. By 1854 it was a residence. The property is linked to the Richardson family, whose three founding brothers occupied farms in northeastern Winchester by 1642, along a stretch of Washington Street once known as Richardson's Row. The house was listed for its Greek Revival character, its reuse of earlier building fabric, and this family association.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is described as very good, with a rear addition made in 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.220261-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7921/63792154/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000618.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000618/fee5505ce5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000618/fee5505ce5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_ZachariahRichardsonHouse.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_ZachariahRichardsonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792154","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachariah_Richardson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716054"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/richardson-zachariah-house-89000618/"}