{"nrhp_refnum":"89001283","name":"Warren, H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"205 School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.39042226300006,"lon":-71.09599184099994,"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 Second Empire-style cottage at 205 School Street in the Winter Hill section of Somerville, Massachusetts, built around 1870 with clapboard walls and a mansard roof.","why_significant":"The form argues it is the best example of Second Empire style in the late-19th-century development of Winter Hill, finely detailed on a modest scale. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is also one of the first houses built on School Street after the area was subdivided following the Civil War.","narrative":"Built around 1870, this Second Empire cottage at 205 School Street sits in the Winter Hill neighborhood of north-central Somerville. It has clapboard siding, a mansard roof, and projecting bays on both the main and side facades. Each bay holds four rectangular pedimented windows on the first and attic stories, with a carved floral ornament filling each broken pediment. Wooden quoins at the corners imitate stone. The house has no outbuildings, has seen no major alterations, and remains in excellent condition as a residence. It was one of the first houses on School Street after the area was subdivided into lots following the Civil War, and it was probably built by J. K. Moore, a cabinetmaker who lived nearby on Maple Street. It is considered one of the best-crafted mansard-roofed cottages in Winter Hill and the finest example of its style in the area's late-19th-century growth, significant at the local level for its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Probably built by J. K. Moore, a cabinetmaker (no architect)","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as excellent; present use is residence; no major alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.849761-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7912/63791252/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001283.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001283/54e3033501-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001283/54e3033501-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_HWarrenHouse.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_HWarrenHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Warren_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5628659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/warren-h-house-89001283/"}