{"nrhp_refnum":"89000628","name":"Parker House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"180 Mystic Valley Pkwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.449092104000044,"lon":-71.13260401199994,"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 circa 1850 T-plan Italianate (Tuscan villa) dwelling at 180 Mystic Valley Parkway in Winchester, Massachusetts, built by local builder Kenelum Baker on a .17-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare local example of the Italian villa style miniaturized for a smaller dwelling, a type usually associated with more elaborate houses. It meets Criterion C for its architecture, including its cupola, scroll brackets, veranda and scored flushboard siding imitating ashlar masonry.","narrative":"Built around 1850 at 180 Mystic Valley Parkway in Winchester, this modest T-plan house follows the Tuscan villa mode popularized by A.J. Downing. It stands on higher ground west of the town center, and its early occupants probably enjoyed views from the square cupola. The flushboard siding is scored to imitate ashlar masonry, the six-over-six windows sit beneath applied label mouldings, and paired scroll brackets line the eaves. A three-sided veranda with curvilinear posts wraps the lower story, and a fieldstone retaining wall with a granite cap borders the elevated lot. Kenelum Baker, a local builder, constructed it. Early owners included L. Baker, Boston businessman Andrew Allison, and Dr. John French, who used the ground floor as medical offices; the Parker family acquired it in 1919. The house was listed for its architecture, as a rare local example of the Italian villa style scaled down for a smaller dwelling.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Kenelum Baker, builder","architectural_style":"Italianate (Tuscan)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as very good; present use is a dwelling, as it was originally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.577373-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7909/63790984/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000628/5feb9b7a12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000628/5feb9b7a12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_ParkerHouse.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_ParkerHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790984","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_House_(Winchester,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7138326"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/parker-house-89000628/"}