Dicey, Russell M., House
Why it's listed
This one-and-a-half story house at 56 Pope Street in North Quincy was built in 1918 by contractor Russell M. Dicey at a cost of $3,000. It sits in the Montclair neighborhood, on land that was once the Micah Pope farm. Developers subdivided the farm in the late nineteenth century, encouraged by the arrival of the Old Colony Railroad in 1845 and the street railway in 1888. Most of Montclair's modest suburban houses were built in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The house is a well-preserved example of the Craftsman Bungalow style. Its features include a gabled front porch on a fieldstone base, heavy tapered short posts, shaped brackets under overhanging eaves, a low-pitched gabled roof, and wood shingles laid in alternating wide and narrow rows. It has had no major alterations. A garage at the rear is noncontributing. The house was judged significant locally for its architecture and its link to North Quincy's early residential development.
Significance in brief: The house is described as one of Quincy's best preserved examples of a modest-scale Craftsman Bungalow. It also represents the small suburban houses built in North Quincy's residential subdivisions in the early twentieth century. It retains integrity of design, location, materials, feeling, workmanship and association.
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 89001363, listed September 20, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 56 Pope St., Quincy |
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| County | Norfolk County |
| Listed | September 20, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001363 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Russell M. Dicey, contractor (architect unknown) |
| Architectural style | Craftsman Bungalow |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present use is a single-family dwelling; condition is good, with no major alterations and not moved. A rear garage is noncontributing. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 42.27010, -71.03658 (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 89001363.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7381658
- This listing as JSON
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