{"nrhp_refnum":"89001232","name":"Houses at 28-36 Beacon Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28--36 Beacon St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.375256560000025,"lon":-71.10289576599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-unit brick Queen Anne apartment row at 28-36 Beacon Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, built around 1880 on the south side of Beacon Street near the Cambridge-Somerville line. The landowner was George Wyatt and the builder was L. E. Wyatt.","why_significant":"The row is argued to be a well-preserved example of Queen Anne apartment design, with five identical units and distinctive details. It is also tied to Somerville's rapid growth as a bedroom community for middle-class commuters in the late 19th century. It meets Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Five identical brick apartment units form this row at 28-36 Beacon Street in Somerville, built around 1880 along a heavily travelled route near the Cambridge line. Each unit has a pyramidal tower offset to the left, a full-length polygonal bay to the right, and double entrance doors with glass upper panels under flat-roofed porches. The porch friezes carry a pierced quatrefoil design, and the building also has a corbelled brick cornice and granite belt courses. The row is described as one of the city's most exceptional brick residences. It was built on land once owned by brickyard owner George Wyatt, with L. E. Wyatt as builder, possibly a relative. Apartment buildings like this one, aimed at middle-class commuters, were a key part of Somerville's turn-of-the-century residential boom. The row keeps its original design, materials and workmanship, apart from rebuilt rear porches in 1982. It was listed for its architecture and its link to the city's growth as a commuter suburb.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"L. E. Wyatt (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; it is still used as an apartment row, and the rear three-tier porches were rebuilt in 1982.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.974586-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7915/63791540/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001232/22628d7e36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001232/22628d7e36-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_HousesAt28-36BeaconStreet.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:SomervilleMA_HousesAt28-36BeaconStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791540","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_at_28%E2%80%9336_Beacon_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/houses-at-28-36-beacon-street-89001232/"}