{"nrhp_refnum":"98001081","name":"Brush Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Brush Hill Rd., from Robbins St. to Bradlee Rd., and Dana Ave., Brush Hill Ln. and Fairmount Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.24611800000005,"lon":-71.10995578272033,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear residential historic district about 0.8 miles long along Brush Hill Road and adjoining streets in western Milton, Massachusetts, covering 68.45 acres on the southern slope of Brush Hill. It contains houses and outbuildings dating from c. 1670 to 1948.","why_significant":"The district shows how a rural farming area on Brush Hill became a country-estate and suburban neighborhood of Boston. It preserves a range of architectural styles from a First Period house through Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman designs, some by Boston architects. It is also tied to pioneering Milton families such as the Tuckers and Voses.","narrative":"Brush Hill Historic District is a residential area in western Milton, Massachusetts, stretching about 0.8 miles along Brush Hill Road and including Fairmount Avenue and Brush Hill Lane. It lies on the southern slope of a 258-foot drumlin with views toward the Blue Hills. The district holds 66 resources, mostly wood-frame houses with barns, carriage houses and garages, set behind porphyry and fieldstone walls. Its oldest building is the Robert Tucker House, built about 1670 and moved within the district in 1895. Federal farmhouses, Greek Revival dwellings and later country estates follow, including the Charles White House of 1880, designed by George Russell Shaw. The buildings trace Milton's change from a small rural town to a prosperous Boston suburb, as farmland was divided into estates and later suburban lots. The area is also linked to old Milton families, including the Tuckers and Voses. Its period of significance runs from about 1670 to 1948.","period_of_significance":"c. 1670-1948","architect_builder":"George Russell Shaw (Charles White House); Henry F. Bigelow (Goldthwait House); Peabody and Stearns (1917 alterations to Boardman House); James Purdon (Maria Purdon House)","architectural_style":"Colonial: New England Colonial; Federal; Greek Revival; Italianate; Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses are described as in good to excellent condition and remain in residential use; 47 of the 66 resources contribute to the district.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.581481-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7962/63796214/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/98001081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001081/3d405bf751-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001081/3d405bf751-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brush_Hill_HD_MA_01.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:Brush_Hill_HD_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796214","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_Hill_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4979682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/brush-hill-historic-district-98001081/"}