House at 15 Gilmore Street
Why it's listed
Built in 1908, this small Craftsman Bungalow on Gilmore Street in Quincy's Wollaston neighborhood was erected by its owner, Albert Nelson, a well-known local contractor who developed the entire Gilmore Street block. He sold the house the next year to Thomas L. Gammon, a division superintendent of the Quincy Center Street Railway Company, whose family lived there until after 1923. The house sits on a granite foundation and is sheathed in wood shingles. Its gable is filled with stucco and strap-work recalling Craftsman revealed construction, and the porch is formed by an extension of the gable, with thick square posts on granite piers. The symmetrical facade has a door with a long oval pane and two large windows with leaded transoms. The house is valued as a well-preserved example of its type and as evidence of the suburban growth that followed the railroad and street railway, when modest houses filled Wollaston in the early twentieth century.
Significance in brief: The house is a well-preserved, small-scale example of the Craftsman Bungalow found in Quincy's modest residential neighborhoods of the early twentieth century. It also reflects the development of Quincy's residential subdivisions in the first two decades of the 1900s. 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 89001336, listed September 20, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 15 Gilmore St., Quincy |
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| County | Norfolk County |
| Listed | September 20, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001336 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Albert Nelson (owner/builder); 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) | Recorded as in good condition, with no major alterations, no outbuildings, and not moved; in use as a single-family dwelling. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Coordinates | 42.25895, -71.01016 (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 89001336.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5913970
- This listing as JSON
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