{"nrhp_refnum":"89001382","name":"Alden, Arthur, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"24 Whitney Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25427310200007,"lon":-71.00455616599999,"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 house at 24 Whitney Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1909 and designed by architect William R. Lofgren, with a small office addition and a rear garage added in 1927.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a well-preserved, architect-designed Queen Anne house with Shingle Style elements, and the most sophisticated building on Whitney Road. It retains integrity of design, location, materials, feeling and association. It is also tied to the development of a middle-class residential neighborhood next to Quincy Center. It is significant at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at 24 Whitney Road in Quincy, this house was designed by architect William R. Lofgren for Arthur H. Alden, a partner in the financial firm Alden Moulton and Company and vice president of the National Mt. Wollaston Bank. Its design is mainly Queen Anne, shown in the asymmetrical facade, projecting bays, cross gables and irregular window placement. Varied windows include banded groups, narrow units with Gothic tracery and small leaded squares with lozenge patterns. An elliptical fanlight tops the entrance, while shingle cladding and a flared line at the second floor reflect Shingle Style influence. In 1927 Dr. Walter L. Sargent acquired the property and added a small professional office; the house stayed in the Sargent family until 1987. A brick two-car garage at the rear is noncontributing. Whitney Road was part of a group of streets near Quincy Center developed in the 1900s with comfortable middle-class homes for local businessmen and professionals. The house is considered the most architecturally sophisticated on its street.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William R. Lofgren","architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; the building was originally a single-family dwelling and is currently a single-family dwelling with an office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.4524-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7926/63792606/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001382.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001382/e6c433c40d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001382/e6c433c40d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Alden_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:Arthur_Alden_House_Quincy_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792606","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Alden_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4797791"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/alden-arthur-house-89001382/"}