{"nrhp_refnum":"89001334","name":"Curtis, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"279 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.23585845200006,"lon":-71.00700229999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family cottage at 279 Franklin Street in South Quincy, Massachusetts, built about 1851 for boot and shoe manufacturer Thomas Curtis and moved to its present lot in 1915.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Quincy's nineteenth-century boot and shoe industry, the town's main industry in the 1850s. It is also one of a few well-preserved examples of a modest carpenter-built house that combines Gothic Revival, Greek Revival and Italianate details. It is considered to meet Criteria A and C and the exception for moved properties.","narrative":"Built about 1851 for Thomas Curtis, a boot and shoe manufacturer, this wood-clapboard cottage at 279 Franklin Street in South Quincy reflects the town's shoemaking past. Curtis led Thomas Curtis and Company, a factory active in the mid-nineteenth century, and was the son of Noah Curtis, an early figure in Quincy's shoe business. The house originally stood at 265 Franklin Street and was moved to its present lot in 1915 by Herbert Curtis. Its five-bay rectangular form is turned with the gable end facing the street. The steep gable and eave bargeboards come from the Gothic Revival, the arched gable window is Italianate, and the long ground-floor windows, corner pilasters and simple window frames show Greek Revival influence. A one-story rear addition from the 1920s suits the original design, while a 1930s garage is noncontributing. It is listed as one of Quincy's few intact carpenter-built houses of its kind.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas Curtis, builder; architect unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; in use as a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.779008-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7926/63792667/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001334.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001334/a785799b0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001334/a785799b0f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sswonk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Curtis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sswonk</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:Thomas_Curtis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792667","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Curtis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7788759"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/curtis-thomas-house-89001334/"}