{"nrhp_refnum":"90000678","name":"Tucker, Dr. Harrison A., Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"61 Ocean Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oak Bluffs","county":"Dukes County","state":"MA","lat":41.45577169500007,"lon":-70.55724244199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A summer cottage at 42 Ocean Avenue in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, built in 1872 in the Stick Style and remodeled in 1877 into a Queen Anne house, with a carriage barn behind.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the summer home of Dr. Harrison A. Tucker, a nationally prominent patent medicine manufacturer and Oak Bluffs' most conspicuous host and civic figure until his death in 1891. It hosted notable social events, including a 1874 visit by President and Mrs. Grant. It is also described as the most ornate Queen Anne cottage in Oak Bluffs.","narrative":"This two-story summer cottage at 42 Ocean Avenue in Oak Bluffs faces Ocean Park on Martha's Vineyard. Dr. Harrison A. Tucker, a patent medicine manufacturer, had it built in 1872 in the Stick Style to designs by the Boston firm Hartwell and Swasey, then remodeled it in 1877 into a Queen Anne house designed by John S. Hammond of Mattapoisett. It has an asymmetrical plan, extensive porches with sawn and carved brackets, a pyramidal-roofed tower, a belvedere, and walls of clapboard and fish-scale shingles. A carriage barn, now a garage, stands behind. Some original ornament has been lost, and the west tower was rebuilt in the 1980s after the 1938 hurricane. The interior was divided into six units in the early 1930s. The property is significant for its association with Tucker, who hosted President and Mrs. Grant in 1874 and was a leading figure in the resort community until 1891, and for being considered the most ornate Queen Anne cottage in Oak Bluffs.","period_of_significance":"1872-1891","architect_builder":"Hartwell and Swasey (1872 original design); John S. Hammond of Mattapoisett (1877 alterations)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Divided into six units in the early 1930s; current function listed as multiple dwelling. The west tower, destroyed in the 1938 hurricane, was rebuilt in 1984-1986.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.649568-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7946/63794608/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000678.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000678/b58990e3e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000678/b58990e3e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Harrison_A._Tucker_Cottage,_Oak_Bluffs_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Harrison_A._Tucker_Cottage,_Oak_Bluffs_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794608","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Harrison_A._Tucker_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304131"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/dukes-county/tucker-dr-harrison-a-cottage-90000678/"}