{"nrhp_refnum":"89001575","name":"Wetherbee House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"357 Crescent St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.36217940100005,"lon":-71.24161771599995,"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 single-family house at 357 Crescent Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1892 for Frank W. Wetherbee. It overlooks the Charles River and is still used as a residence.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the most elaborate examples of Queen Anne architecture in Waltham, with an irregular plan, conical-capped towers, a richly ornamented porch and stained glass. It also reflects the development of Waltham's South Side by the American Waltham Watch Company, since its original owner was a foreman there. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 357 Crescent Street, this Queen Anne house overlooks the Charles River and belongs to a street of well-preserved Queen Anne homes. Its irregular plan includes projecting porches, bays, oriels and conically capped corner towers, one with a four-bay loggia, slate shingles and a copper finial. The walls alternate clapboards with patterned shingles, and stick work and a lunette window form a sunburst motif. The front porch has paneled chamfered posts and medallions, and the original double doors are flanked by arched windows with colored stained glass fanlights. Deed and water department records show Frank W. Wetherbee bought the property in April 1892. He was a foreman in the dial department of the American Waltham Watch Company and lived here until at least 1915. The house is valued as a domestic reflection of the watch company's prosperity and as a well-detailed, well-preserved example of its style. It remains a residence with its original character largely intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good, with no major alterations; in present residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.991483-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7918/63791841/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001575/9936e7c542-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001575/9936e7c542-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Wetherbee_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_Wetherbee_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791841","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetherbee_House_(Waltham,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7990074"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/wetherbee-house-89001575/"}