{"nrhp_refnum":"89000670","name":"House at 556 Lowell Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"556 Lowell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.515333697000074,"lon":-71.05086587499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 556 Lowell Street in the Montrose section of Wakefield, Massachusetts, built about 1894 on a 4.5-acre lot, with a gambrel carriage barn at the rear that is now a residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the largest, most fully developed and ornate Queen Anne house in Montrose. It shows complex asymmetrical massing, a three-story copper turreted bay and Colonial Revival detailing. It also keeps its integrity and its unusual setting, set back behind a high hedge.","narrative":"Built about 1894 for Denis Lyons, a Boston wine merchant who commuted to his firm, W. J. and D. Lyons Co., this house at 556 Lowell Street is the largest and most ornate Queen Anne residence in Wakefield's Montrose section. It features asymmetrical massing, porches, oriels and a three-story copper turreted bay, along with Colonial Revival touches such as carved porch pediments, ornamented spandrels, shingled bands and turned spindles on the porch frieze. Its strong horizontal line is more pronounced than on most local Queen Anne houses. The property sits well back from the road behind a high hedge, with wide lawns, old trees and a gambrel carriage barn that once served as servants' quarters. This arrangement differs from neighboring houses, which face the street on small lots. The area developed slowly as a rural hamlet after the railroad arrived in 1850. The house was recognized for its architecture and its retained integrity at the local level.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; the carriage house to the rear is now a residence. No major alterations are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.303276-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7912/63791202/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000670.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000670/26f4c07788-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000670/26f4c07788-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_556LowellStreet.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:WakefieldMA_556LowellStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_556_Lowell_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914410"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-556-lowell-street-89000670/"}