{"nrhp_refnum":"89001286","name":"Russell, Susan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"58 Sycamore St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerville","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.39006774300003,"lon":-71.10059642799996,"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 Greek Revival house at 58 Sycamore Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, built around the 1830s (dated by visual analysis). It is clapboard-sided, three bays wide, with a side entry and a rear ell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved example of a modest Greek Revival residence, a type once common in Somerville. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant at the local level under Criterion C.","narrative":"This small Greek Revival house at 58 Sycamore Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, dates from about the 1830s. It is a clapboard-sided building of 1 1/2 stories and three bays, with a side entryway and a rear ell. The recessed, sidelit entry, batten door and cornerboards are original features, though the overhanging eaves appear to have been rebuilt. Sycamore Street was long mainly a road to the Tufts House at 78 Sycamore Street, and the land was originally Tufts family property. A house appears at this spot on the 1852 Draper map, and it was probably built after the Boston and Lowell Railroad laid its line next to the site in 1835. In 1850 it may have belonged to John Russell, a Medford Street grocer, and in 1874 it belonged to his widow, Susan Russell. The house was listed as a well-preserved example of a modest Greek Revival residence once common in Somerville, with good integrity, and as locally significant for its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; condition is described as good, with no major alterations, no outbuildings, 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 02:13:00.902896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7909/63790930/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001286/eb5fd8fe07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001286/eb5fd8fe07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomervilleMA_SusanRussellHouse.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_SusanRussellHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790930","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Russell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7648342"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/russell-susan-house-89001286/"}