{"nrhp_refnum":"89001247","name":"House at 25 Clyde Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Clyde St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.39450598900004,"lon":-71.10900606499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small vernacular brickworker's cottage at 25 Clyde Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, dated to about 1850 (undocumented, based on map research). The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"It is described as the best example of a mid-nineteenth century brickworker's house in the Clyde-Murdock Street area. It reflects the neighborhood of brickyard workers' housing near the Boston Brick Company's yards. The form finds that it meets Criteria A and C at the local level and retains integrity.","narrative":"This modest cottage at 25 Clyde Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, dates to about 1850 and was built as housing for brickyard workers. Clyde Street once held many such homes near the city's brickyards, and an 1857 map shows at least eight houses on the street. The Boston Brick Company's extensive yards lay nearby on Cedar Street. The house is considered the best surviving example of a mid-nineteenth century brickworker's house in the Clyde-Murdock Street area. Its high brick foundation serves as the first-story wall, and a flight of stairs leads to a central entry in a plain three-bay facade with no ornament. Similar houses stood in northwest Cambridge, built between 1820 and 1850. The property retains its location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. It is valued for its architecture and for its link to the brickmaking workforce that shaped the neighborhood. It remains residential today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular workers housing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is described as fair, with an addition at the first story and a garage outbuilding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.389308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7922/63792231/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001247/e0fca939e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001247/e0fca939e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hugehands","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_At_25_Clyde_St,_Somerville,_MA_(Left_Side,_Detail).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugehands</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_At_25_Clyde_St,_Somerville,_MA_(Left_Side,_Detail).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792231","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_25_Clyde_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/house-at-25-clyde-street-89001247/"}