{"nrhp_refnum":"89000643","name":"Elder, Samuel, House","other_names":["Skillings--Manny House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38 Rangeley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.44767342500006,"lon":-71.14106749299998,"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 Panel Brick style single-family house at 38 Rangeley Road in Winchester, Massachusetts, built around 1876 on the grounds of David Skillings's Rangeley estate. It was later documented as the Skillings-Manny House, and it still serves as a dwelling.","why_significant":"It is one of three Panel Brick style houses in Winchester, all in the Rangeley Estates area, with polychromatic red and tar-dipped black brick walls and an irregular silhouette. It reflects Winchester's growth as a fashionable suburb. It is also tied to Samuel Elder, a prominent Boston attorney who lived there from at least 1889 to 1905.","narrative":"This red brick house at 38 Rangeley Road in Winchester, Massachusetts, dates from about 1876 and is one of three Panel Brick style houses in the Rangeley Estates, a walled residential park developed by David Skillings. Its walls combine red brick with tar-dipped black brick for a polychromatic effect, under a slate hip roof with modillions and corner brackets. The asymmetrical facade has a segmental arched entry beside a projecting wing, a bracketed porch, brownstone trim and a double bay brick garage behind. The house reflects the town's rise as a fashionable suburb in the 1870s. It is also associated with Samuel Elder, a Boston attorney who lived there from at least 1889 to 1905. Elder took part in the Eastman murder trial, served as counsel to Mary Baker Eddy and the Christian Science Church, and acted as counsel in the Fisheries Arbitration Case at the Hague. Later research credits architect George D. Rand with the design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown in the original nomination form; the 1990 revised form names George D. Rand as architect. Built by David Skillings on his estate grounds.","architectural_style":"Panel Brick (Queen Anne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is stated as excellent, with no major alterations recorded.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.813514-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7918/63791813/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000643.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000643/2c6f830729-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000643/2c6f830729-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_SamuelElderHouse.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_SamuelElderHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791813","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elder_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411317"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/elder-samuel-house-89000643/"}