{"nrhp_refnum":"89001354","name":"Burgess, Frank, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"355 Highland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.26008057100006,"lon":-71.02256181799999,"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 house at 355 Highland Avenue on Wollaston Hill in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1913 for Frank Burgess and designed by Cleveland and Godfrey.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Frank Burgess, owner of Boston Gear Works, a prominent Quincy industrialist who bought the company in 1891 and moved it to Norfolk Downs. It is an architect-designed example of Prairie School and Craftsman Bungalow influences, which is unusual in a city where most houses of the period were Colonial Revival. The form cites Criteria A, B and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1913 on Wollaston Hill in Quincy, this stucco house at 355 Highland Avenue was designed by Cleveland and Godfrey for Frank Burgess, owner of Boston Gear Works. Burgess (1860-1929) bought the gear maker from its founder in 1891 and moved it from Boston to Norfolk Downs, where he became a pioneer in gear standardization. The house has a rectangular plan, a hip roof and a central entrance. Its low-pitched hipped tile roof, dormers, grouped double-hung windows and stucco walls reflect Prairie School design, while the open-rafter entrance portico draws on Craftsman Bungalow architecture. Most Quincy houses of the 1910s were Colonial Revival, so this design is fairly unusual locally. Highland Avenue was developed mainly in the 1880s and 1890s, making this one of the street's later residences. It is still a single-family home in good condition. The original two-car garage has been altered and does not contribute to the property's historic character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Cleveland and Godfrey","architectural_style":"Prairie School / Craftsman Bungalow","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a single-family dwelling in good condition; no major alterations are listed, though the original garage has been altered and is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.118517-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7926/63792671/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001354.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001354/cdec190a20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001354/cdec190a20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Burgess_House_Quincy_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Frank_Burgess_House_Quincy_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792671","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Burgess_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5485546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/burgess-frank-house-89001354/"}