{"nrhp_refnum":"89001555","name":"Tyler, Frank J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"238 Linden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.383177233000026,"lon":-71.21770681299995,"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 Queen Anne style dwelling at 238 Linden Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1894 by Frank J. Tyler. It is a clapboard house with a three-story tower, set far back from the street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an elaborate, towered example of the Queen Anne style and one of the best in the city. It also represents the early phase of Waltham's suburbanization. It was built on speculation and used as rental property.","narrative":"Set well back from Linden Street behind an old stone wall, this Queen Anne house in Waltham was built in 1894 by Frank J. Tyler, a Boston manufacturer of agricultural machinery who lived nearby. Its clapboard form includes a three-story tower with a conical cap that projects for its full height, balanced by a projecting cross-gable. Other features include a paneled entry with transom and sidelights, a bracketed oriel on the north side, a tall arched window with a fan on the south side, and a porch with triple Tuscan columns across most of the facade. Despite its elaborate design, the house appears to have been built on speculation and used as a rental. Tyler sold it in 1895, and it changed hands nine times over the next twelve years, usually to owners living elsewhere. It is regarded as one of the best towered Queen Anne houses in the city and an example of Waltham's early suburban growth. It remains a dwelling in fair to good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank J. Tyler (builder/developer); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is a dwelling; condition is described as fair/good, with no major alterations and a non-contributing garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.733241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7918/63791839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001555/c7efb87b1b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001555/c7efb87b1b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WalthamMA_FrankJTylerHouse.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_FrankJTylerHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Tyler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5487491"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/tyler-frank-j-house-89001555/"}