{"nrhp_refnum":"92001528","name":"Scott's Woods Historic District","other_names":["Hillside Street"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Hillside St. between Randolph Ave. and MDC Blue Hills Reservation","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.22495100000006,"lon":-71.07945772076022,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear, semirural residential historic district of 122.64 acres along Hillside Street in southern Milton, Massachusetts, between Randolph Avenue and the Blue Hills Reservation. It holds 88 resources, mostly wood-framed farmhouses and barns built between 1713 and 1932.","why_significant":"The district preserves a rural farming neighborhood with houses ranging from a moved First Period dwelling through Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles. It also documents early settlement, small-farm agriculture, floriculture and a notable early 19th-century bakery industry in Milton. Few buildings from the period of significance have been demolished or significantly altered since 1932.","narrative":"Scott's Woods is a semirural residential district of about 123 acres along Hillside Street in southern Milton, running from Randolph Avenue to the Blue Hills Reservation. It takes its name from the Scott family, believed to have settled the area in the early 18th century. The district contains 88 resources, 73 percent of which contribute to its character. Most are modest one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half-story wood houses, along with barns and garages, set on one- to four-acre lots behind fieldstone walls. Their styles span 1713 to 1932 and include Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival. One First Period house, the Bernard Capen House, was moved from Dorchester in 1909. The area was settled by independent farmers, and several families, including the Kennedys and Tuckers, ran bakeries. The Thayers operated a floriculture business from 1879. Suburban subdivision of farmland began in the early 1900s and was completed after World War II, but few period buildings have since been lost or significantly altered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial: New England Colonial, Georgian; Early Republic: Federal, Mid 19th Century, Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Victorian; Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are generally in good condition. The district is still residential with some agricultural outbuildings, including barns used to board horses and a nursery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.832741-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7961/63796187/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/92001528.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001528/e4eba1b816-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001528/e4eba1b816-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scotts_Woods_HD_Milton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scotts_Woods_HD_Milton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796187","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%27s_Woods_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7435831"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/scotts-woods-historic-district-92001528/"}