{"nrhp_refnum":"89000657","name":"McCall, Samuel W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 McCall Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.440954469000076,"lon":-71.15360460899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story single-family house at 4 McCall Road in Winchester, Massachusetts, built in 1902-04 by Samuel W. McCall. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an ambitious example of rationalist design, with stuccoed walls and no historicizing detail that give a crisp geometric effect. It is also tied to Samuel McCall, who served as state legislator, congressman and governor of Massachusetts. The house was built at the apex of his active career. It meets criteria B and C.","narrative":"Built between 1902 and 1904 at 4 McCall Road in Winchester, this 2½-story house was constructed by Samuel W. McCall, who was then partway through a twenty-year term in Congress. Its first story is uncoursed fieldstone, while the slightly overhanging second story is clad in stucco beneath a red slate roof. An asymmetrical facade centers on a stone porch with two wide arched openings and a geometric parapet, and two unequal cross gables each hold a bank of three windows. The design avoids historicizing detail, giving a crisp, geometric effect that the nomination describes as an ambitious example of rationalist architecture. McCall began his political career in the Massachusetts legislature in 1887, later served in Congress, and was governor for three terms ending in 1919. The house was built at the height of his active career. It remains a dwelling in excellent condition with no recorded alterations, and was listed for both its architecture and its association with McCall.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Samuel W. McCall","architectural_style":"Neo-rationalist","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a dwelling; condition described as excellent, with no alterations noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.642528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7923/63792305/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000657.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792305","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136026206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/mccall-samuel-w-house-89000657/"}