{"nrhp_refnum":"89001256","name":"Knight, R. A.-Eugene Lacount House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Day St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.39513900800006,"lon":-71.12348502799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2-story Second Empire mansard cottage at 34 Day Street, near Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts, built about 1870 by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a Second Empire cottage, a style popular with Somerville builders after the Civil War for both modest and pretentious homes. It also has a minor historical link to Eugene LeCount, a later occupant who left a detailed Civil War autobiography. It meets Criterion C at the local level.","narrative":"Near Davis Square in Somerville, 34 Day Street is a small Second Empire house built around 1870. It is a 1 1/2-story, two-bay mansard cottage clad in clapboard, with spring eaves and recessed, segmental-arched dormers. Polygonal bays, cornice window lintels and a flat-roofed entrance porch with sawn ornament add detail. A gazebo stands at the rear, and a generous side yard hints at how similar properties once looked. The surrounding area is now densely built with multi-family houses and apartment blocks. The house was listed for its architecture: it survives largely unaltered and represents the mansard cottage, a style many builders in the Davis Square area chose in the 1860s and 1870s, after the Day estate was subdivided in 1867. Eugene LeCount, the second owner, served as an enlisted man in the Civil War and wrote a lengthy autobiography describing that service. Little else is known about the house's history. It remained a residence and was in excellent condition when recorded.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in 1986 as in excellent condition, with no major alterations, and in use as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.24603-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7912/63791250/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001256/733cdb9721-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001256/733cdb9721-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_RAKnightEugeneLacountHouse.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_RAKnightEugeneLacountHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Knight-Eugene_Lacount_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/knight-r-a-eugene-lacount-house-89001256/"}