{"nrhp_refnum":"89000641","name":"Grover, Henry, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"223--225 Cambridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45374604500006,"lon":-71.15817783799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story vernacular double house at 223-225 Cambridge Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, built in the 1880s as part of the Henry Grover farm. It stands on about 9.29 acres in an open rural setting.","why_significant":"The form argues the Henry Grover farm is a rare surviving ensemble of agricultural buildings preserved in their original open rural setting, meeting Criterion A. The house replaced an earlier Dana Fay house moved in 1884, and it was later held by a family that continued farming and selling flowers.","narrative":"Built in the 1880s, this double house at 223-225 Cambridge Street in Winchester sits on a farm parcel of about 9.29 acres along an early road from Cambridge. It has two identical side-by-side units, two and one-half stories, with a rear ell, a four-bay symmetrical facade, paired center doors under an open porch, and polygonal bays on each side. Farmer Henry Grover bought the property in 1884 and had an earlier house, built around 1823 by local housewright Dana Fay, moved in two sections to make room. One section went to Pond Street and the rear ell went across Cambridge Street. Grover shared the new house with Frank Grover until 1912, and the farm once held a barn, greenhouses and henhouses. The Purcell family acquired it in 1923 and still farms some of the land. The property was listed for its rare surviving group of agricultural buildings in their original open rural setting, with three barns remaining and no major alterations recorded.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition described as good, with no major alterations and a mixed commercial/residential use; the present use is a dwelling. Part of the land is still farmed and flowers are sold from a roadside stand.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.297461-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7903/63790385/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000641.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000641/4bbb9241aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000641/4bbb9241aa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_HenryGroverHouse.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_HenryGroverHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790385","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grover_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/grover-henry-house-89000641/"}