Halloran, John, House
Why it's listed
This two-family house at 99 East Squantum Street in Quincy's Atlantic neighborhood was built in 1910 at a cost of $3,500 for John Halloran, a policeman, and his wife Mary. It is a Colonial Revival house in the American Four-Square form, a style popular in Quincy during the 1910s and often chosen for two-family dwellings in North Quincy. The wood-clapboard house sits on a granite foundation and has regular window placement, a balustraded porch on columns, and a door with long side lights and an original oval glass inset. Two-story angular bay windows project from the front and side. The house is considered among the best preserved of Quincy's Four-Square two-family homes. It also illustrates how former farmland in North Quincy was subdivided after the railroad arrived in 1845 and the street railway in 1888, with modest suburban houses built mostly in the first two decades of the 1900s. A 1915 garage at the rear does not contribute.
Significance in brief: The house is described as among the best preserved of several American Four-Square style houses built as two-family residences in Quincy in the 1910s. It is cited as a fine representative of Quincy's two-family dwellings and is significant at the local level under Criterion C. It also reflects the suburban development of the Atlantic area in the early twentieth century.
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 89001327, listed September 20, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 99 E. Squantum St., Quincy |
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| County | Norfolk County |
| Listed | September 20, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001327 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival--American Four-Square |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Recorded in good condition with no major alterations; the form lists its present use as a two-family dwelling. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 42.27902, -71.02620 (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 89001327.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6237377
- This listing as JSON
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