{"nrhp_refnum":"89001551","name":"Brigham House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"235 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.375070824000034,"lon":-71.21778568699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private residence at 235 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, built around 1893 on a lot carved from the Bright estate. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is considered an exceptionally well-detailed and well-preserved late 19th century hybrid of Shingle, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. It is also representative of turn-of-the-century suburban development, which filled in established areas and created new subdivisions. It ranks among the last individually built houses along Main Street before extensive post-1920 suburban development.","narrative":"Built around 1893 on the north side of Main Street in Waltham, this wood-shingled house blends Shingle, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features. It sits on a rise above the lowlands of Clemantis Brook. The main facade has three parts: a projecting enclosed porch, a hip-roofed center section and a recessed one-bay section with a chamfered corner. Notable details include a tall stairway window with a keystone arch and leaded glass, a small diamond-paned window, plaster ribbon and swag ornament between scroll brackets, a dormer with a swan's neck hood and a west-wall oriel window. The lot was carved from the Bright family estate in the early 1890s and sold to Ella R. and Elijah W. Brigham in 1892. Ella Brigham lived there until about 1920. The house is valued as one of the town's most successful stylistic hybrids and as an example of turn-of-the-century suburban infill. It remains in good condition with no major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Hybrid of Shingle, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a private residence; condition is good, with no major alterations, no outbuildings, and the building has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.027076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7919/63791917/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001551/ede3505169-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001551/ede3505169-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Brigham_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Brigham_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/brigham-house-89001551/"}