{"nrhp_refnum":"89000717","name":"Winship, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13 Mansion Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.49750661400003,"lon":-71.08557322199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story Colonial Revival house at 13 Mansion Road in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built between 1901 and 1906. It was the home of industrialist Charles Winship and sits atop a hill on remnants of a landscaped terrace.","why_significant":"The house is described as Wakefield's most ambitious Colonial Revival building, with elaborate detailing. It was the home of Charles Winship, who with Elizabeth Boit founded and ran the Harvard Knitting Mills, a major local employer from 1889 to 1944. The nomination finds it locally significant under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Set on top of a hill at 13 Mansion Road in Wakefield, this 2½-story Colonial Revival house was built between 1901 and 1906 for Charles Winship. It is the mansion that gave Mansion Road its name, after the house was later converted to a school and surrounding land was sold for houses, turning its drive into a street. Architecturally it is described as the town's most ambitious Colonial Revival building. Features include a flared hip roof topped by a balustrade, a two-story pedimented portico on paired fluted columns, fluted corner pilasters, Palladian windows flanking a glassed entry, and pedimented dormers. Winship and Elizabeth Boit founded the Harvard Knitting Mills, which moved to Wakefield in 1889 and operated until after his death in 1931. The mills made underwear, provided on-site health care and shared profits with employees through a bonus plan. The house is listed for its architecture and its link to this local industry.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is listed as fair. A one-story shed on the property is noted as non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.495527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7921/63792112/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000717.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000717/2822646cca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000717/2822646cca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_CharlesWinshipHouse.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_CharlesWinshipHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Winship_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5083654"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/winship-charles-house-89000717/"}