{"nrhp_refnum":"89000736","name":"House at 90 Prospect Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"90 Prospect St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50362208900003,"lon":-71.08602009999998,"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 dwelling at 90 Prospect Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts, built in 1913 in the English Cottage style with stucco walls, designed by local architect Harland Perkins.","why_significant":"It is one of three English Cottage stucco houses in a row on Prospect Street, all designed by Harland Perkins, showing the range of forms the style could take. It was part of a residential compound built for Elizabeth Boit and her family, described as the only compound of its kind in town. Boit co-founded the Harvard Knitting Mills, a major local employer.","narrative":"This 2½-story stucco house at 90 Prospect Street in Wakefield was built in 1913 in the English Cottage style. Local architect Harland Perkins designed it. It has a tiled hipped roof with a transverse hipped wing, a deeply recessed central entry supported on pillars, and irregular window placement that includes basket-arched triple casements. The entrance faces away from the street and is reached by a circular drive. Elizabeth Boit, a co-founder and business manager of the Harvard Knitting Mills, had it built for her niece. The mills employed hundreds of Wakefield residents from 1889 until at least 1944. The house formed a compound with 88 Prospect Street and 127 Chestnut Street, facing inward toward formal gardens, greenhouses and a playhouse. It is the only compound of its kind in town. Together with its two neighbors, it shows the variety of detailing possible within the English Cottage style, and it retains its original design and setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Harland Perkins (architect); built for Elizabeth Boit","architectural_style":"English Cottage","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition with no major alterations; still used as a dwelling, with a contributing garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.238437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7907/63790705/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000736/8bcbd3120d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000736/8bcbd3120d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_90ProspectStreet.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_90ProspectStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790705","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_90_Prospect_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278195"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-90-prospect-street-89000736/"}