{"nrhp_refnum":"89000638","name":"Brine, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"219 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45624709600003,"lon":-71.13041475999995,"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-story wood-frame Mansard-style house at 219 Washington Street in Winchester, Massachusetts, built around 1865 by carpenter and builder Joseph S. Shattuck.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of the Mansard style, with paired scrolled brackets under a slate mansard roof, segmental dormers and a full-width verandah. It also illustrates Washington Street's 19th-century character as a fashionable residential area and Winchester's growth as a suburb.","narrative":"Built around 1865 at 219 Washington Street in Winchester, this two-story wood-frame house is a well-preserved example of the Mansard style. A slate mansard roof with straight sides rests on paired scrolled brackets, and two segmental dormers with scrolled bases light the attic. The symmetrical three-bay facade has a center entry emphasized by a full-width verandah with paired posts, brackets and turned balusters. Windows have bracketed sills, two-story wings extend from the rear, clapboards cover the whole house, and a barn with a cupola sits at the back of the lot. Carpenter and builder Joseph S. Shattuck constructed it and appears to have rented it until the Brine family acquired it in 1893. George R. Brine and his wife first came to Winchester in 1888 as summer residents. The house was listed for its architecture and for showing how Washington Street was a fashionable residential area in the 1800s as Winchester grew into a suburb.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Joseph S. Shattuck, builder","architectural_style":"Mansard","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is as a dwelling; condition is described as good, with no major alterations except possibly the rear wings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.499439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7917/63791797/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000638.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000638/a6527ab139-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000638/a6527ab139-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Brine_House,_Winchester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Brine_House,_Winchester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791797","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brine_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5537250"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/brine-george-house-89000638/"}