{"nrhp_refnum":"89000743","name":"Winn, Suell, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"72--74 Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wakefield","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.50599153300004,"lon":-71.07952672099998,"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 2½-story Federal style dwelling at 72-74 Elm Street in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, built in 1813-1814 for Major Suell Winn. It is clapboard-sided and still used as a dwelling.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest Federal style houses in Wakefield, and in several respects more stylistically advanced than its contemporaries. It has two interior chimneys when most local houses had one, and an architrave door surround with an oval fanlight and half-length sidelights. It is also linked to Major Winn and to murals in a front room by Rufus Porter.","narrative":"Built in 1813-1814 at 72-74 Elm Street in Wakefield, this clapboard Federal style house was erected for Major Suell Winn, a local farmer known for his industry and honesty. It rises two and a half stories under a gable roof and has two interior chimneys, an advanced feature at a time when many Wakefield houses had a single central chimney. The boxed cornice omits returns at the gable ends, following a local pattern, and the paired outer second-floor windows were customary. The most elegant feature is the architrave door surround with an oval fanlight and narrow half-length sidelights. Inside are seven fireplaces, four brick ovens and murals by Rufus Porter. Winn's farm was divided by the railroad in 1844, and he died in 1851 at a nearby crossing. The Purrington family later owned the property for about 136 years, with only two families as owners. It was judged locally significant as one of the town's finest Federal houses, with good integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Major Suell Winn (architect listed as NA)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; present use is dwelling, with a major addition on the west side.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.519922-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7907/63790751/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000743.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000743/43b509e97a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000743/43b509e97a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WakefieldMA_SuellWinnHouse.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_SuellWinnHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790751","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suell_Winn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7634376"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/winn-suell-house-89000743/"}