{"nrhp_refnum":"89000645","name":"Skillings Estate House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 Rangeley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.44821567500003,"lon":-71.14096437999996,"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 2½-story brick and shingle single-family house at 37 Rangeley Road, Winchester, Massachusetts, built in 1880 on the grounds of the Rangeley estate. The architect was George D. Rand.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for the high quality of its Queen Anne and Shingle style design, including its mix of brick and patterned shingles, a carved floral panel, and a gable carried on shingled arches. It also represents Winchester's growing stature as a fashionable suburb, here the exclusive Rangeley Estates.","narrative":"Built in 1880 at 37 Rangeley Road in Winchester, this 2½-story house combines Queen Anne and Shingle style details. David Skillings, a lumber entrepreneur from Maine, had developed a walled residential park west of the railroad tracks, and he began the house as a rental on the grounds of his estate, Rangeley. He died as construction started, and his children completed and leased it. George D. Rand designed it. The walls are mostly brick, with patterned shingles on the upper stories, and a slate gable roof covers the house. The asymmetrical facade is dominated by a projecting cross gable carried on shingled brackets and arches, with a carved floral panel between windows and a partly glazed verandah below. The house represents the grander suburban homes of late 19th-century Winchester and is recognized for its architectural quality and its role in the Rangeley development. It remains a dwelling in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George D. Rand (architect); built by David N. Skillings","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Shingle style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition and used as a dwelling; a sunporch was added to the east elevation, probably in the 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.077255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7918/63791854/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000645/40b334e098-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000645/40b334e098-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_SkillingsEstateHouse.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_SkillingsEstateHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791854","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skillings_Estate_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7535220"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/skillings-estate-house-89000645/"}