Wyatt, George, House
Why it's listed
Built around 1860, this clapboard house at 33 Beacon Street in Somerville is a single-family home in the Italianate style. It has a three-bay front with a side-hall entrance plan. Its details include a raking dentil cornice with carved paired brackets, molded corner posts, a double entrance door and 6/1 sash windows with molded surrounds. The overall scale follows the Greek Revival tradition, with a temple-like gable front, while the ornament is Italianate. It is one of only a few Italianate houses remaining in the southern part of Ward II near the Cambridge line. The house is also linked to George Wyatt, one of the few mid-19th-century brickyard owners in Somerville. His claypit lay just north of the house, on land now occupied by Lincoln Park, and his yard beside the Fitchburg Railroad prospered for over thirty years, from about 1850 to the mid 1880s. The house was listed for its architecture and for this association with brickmaking.
Significance in brief: The house is described as one of the best local examples of a three-bay, side-hall-entrance Italianate dwelling, with Greek Revival scale and Italianate detailing. It is also tied to George Wyatt, owner of a locally important brickyard that operated from about 1850 until the mid 1880s. It meets Criteria A and C at the local level.
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 89001233, listed September 18, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 33 Beacon St., Somerville |
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| County | Middlesex County |
| Listed | September 18, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001233 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Recorded in good condition, with no major alterations, no outbuildings and no moves; present use is residential. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.37238, -71.10256 (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 89001233.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5546555
- This listing as JSON
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