{"nrhp_refnum":"89001554","name":"Andrews, Joseph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"258 Linden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38354425500006,"lon":-71.21735532899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential Italianate house at 258 Linden Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1851 by builder Charles Harrington for Frances and Joseph Andrews. It was moved forward on its lot in the 1950s.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the best examples in the city of an Italianate house with wide overhanging eaves. It was built by a well-known nineteenth century Waltham builder and was among the first houses erected after Linden Street was built in the mid-1840s. Later occupants included people important in Waltham's development.","narrative":"Built in 1851 at 258 Linden Street in Waltham, this center-entrance Italianate house has wide overhanging eaves with paired brackets, deep corner returns on the gable ends, and prominent gabled dormers. The entrance has a transom and sidelights, and a semicircular porch with Tuscan columns was added in the Colonial Revival style. Charles Harrington, a Bleachery worker who was also an important local builder, constructed it for Frances and Joseph Andrews. He had bought a large tract in 1845 and laid out half of Linden Street, creating one of Waltham's first suburban developments. Later occupants included iron founders and manufacturers, a superior court judge, and a milkman who ran his business from the property. In the 1950s the surrounding estate was subdivided, the rear ells were removed, and the house was moved forward to its present spot on a cement foundation. It is recognized as an excellent local example of Italianate design that still retains most original features.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles Harrington","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is described as excellent. The rear ells were removed and the house was moved forward on its lot in the 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.829557-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7910/63791042/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001554.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001554/b202f72da4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001554/b202f72da4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WalthamMA_JosephAndrewsHouse.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:WalthamMA_JosephAndrewsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791042","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Andrews_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6281067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/andrews-joseph-house-89001554/"}