{"nrhp_refnum":"89001379","name":"Dogget, Solon, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"50 Union St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.24899746300008,"lon":-70.99723734199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story Second Empire style single family house at 50 Union Street, Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1872 by Henry G. Pratt on a corner lot.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an elaborately detailed example of a vernacular version of the Second Empire style, meeting Criterion C at the local level. It retains integrity of design, location, materials, feeling, association and workmanship. It is the most elaborate house on Union Street, and it was sold in 1872 to Solon Dogget, a Quincy artist and poet.","narrative":"Built in 1872 by Henry G. Pratt, this one-and-a-half story house at 50 Union Street in Quincy is the most elaborate dwelling on its street, set on a corner lot among modest late 19th and early 20th century homes. Its Second Empire character shows in a mansard roof carried on brackets and broken by dormers. Details from other picturesque styles add variety: patterned shingles below the windows on clapboard walls, Stick Style brackets supporting the door hoods, and stick-work at the base of the bay window. Two Queen Anne porches, added in the 1880s, have turned posts, spindle friezes, corner brackets and raised panels showing a radiating sun. Part of the east roof appears to have supported a tower. Pratt sold the house the same year to Solon Dogget, a Quincy artist and author of several books of poetry. Later owners included a leather goods manufacturer's proprietor and his company president. The house is recognized as a locally significant example of vernacular Second Empire design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry G. Pratt (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; in use as a single family dwelling; 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 02:13:00.927277-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7924/63792470/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001379.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001379/66f30b9ab2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001379/66f30b9ab2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sswonk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solon_Dogget_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:Solon_Dogget_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792470","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solon_Dogget_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7558813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/dogget-solon-house-89001379/"}