{"nrhp_refnum":"89001381","name":"Burgess, Charles H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Whitney Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25382306600005,"lon":-71.00454189999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family Shingle Style house built circa 1903 at 17 Whitney Road, one block from Quincy Center in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is now used as medical offices.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C at the local level. It is a well-preserved example of Shingle Style design blended with Queen Anne elements, and it reflects the early twentieth-century residential development of Quincy Center by local businessmen and civic leaders.","narrative":"Built around 1903 at 17 Whitney Road, this Shingle Style house sits one block from Quincy Center and is now used as medical offices. Charles H. Burgess, a partner in the real estate auctioneering and appraisal firm Hall and Burgess, was its builder. By 1923 it belonged to Addie M. (Burgess) Rideout. Whitney Road is one of several streets east of Hancock Street developed with comfortable middle-class houses in the 1900s, mostly for businessmen and professionals who worked in Quincy. The house combines Shingle Style and Queen Anne elements: a two-story corner bay within compact, shingled massing, a curved shingled opening in the side gable, a saw-toothed shingle string course under the slight flare of the second floor, paired classical porch columns, irregular window placement, and a granite foundation. A 1980s replacement of the tower window with one-over-one sash did not compromise its integrity. It was listed for its local architectural and neighborhood-development importance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by Charles H. Burgess","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition good; present use as medical offices; originally 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 02:13:01.670803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7926/63792616/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001381.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001381/ad311dd6dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001381/ad311dd6dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_H._Burgess_House_Quincy_MA_01.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:Charles_H._Burgess_House_Quincy_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Burgess_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5078537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/burgess-charles-h-house-89001381/"}