Sullivan, Edward, House
Why it's listed
Built around 1875, this small worker's cottage at 9 Kendall Street in Winchester reflects the housing that grew up around the town center as local industry and commerce expanded. The house is one and one-half stories, three bays wide and one bay deep, with a gable roof running parallel to the street, short gable returns, a center entrance under a divided-light transom, and two-over-two windows. A one-story shed-roofed ell sits at the rear. It has no ornamentation, which is typical of modest workers' housing. Kendall Street first appears on an 1854 map, and immigrant laborers often settled near their church, here Saint Mary's Catholic Church. The house was one of five dwellings owned by Edward Sullivan, a local stone mason, and passed to his three children by 1893. It was listed because it is considered the best-preserved and least altered of the town's surviving worker's cottages, and it remains a dwelling in very good condition.
Significance in brief: The house is presented as a well-preserved, unaltered example of the modest cottages built on small lots for Winchester's growing working-class population during a period of local industrial and commercial growth. It is described as the best-preserved of the surviving worker's cottages of its period. It was recommended under Criteria A and C.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 89000636, listed July 5, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 9 Kendall St., Winchester |
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| County | Middlesex County |
| Listed | July 5, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89000636 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Vernacular Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition is described as very good, with no major alterations; it is still used as a dwelling. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 42.45298, -71.13152 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 89000636.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5345502
- This listing as JSON
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