Is the Emery House a historic building?

The Emery House is NOT listed on the National Register of Historic Places. However, it has been inventoried with the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) as potentially eligible for listing.

The National Register has four general criteria for nomination of a property.

• Event – Properties can be eligible for the National Register if they are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
• Person – Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
• Design/Construction – Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.
• Information Potential – Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Most historic properties and places in Weymouth have been nominated to the National Register under criterion C (Design/Construction). This criterion could also be applicable to the Emery House. The MHC’s building form states, "The Binnian-Emery House at 790 Commercial Street is potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under criterion C at the local level in the area of architecture. The property meets the eligibility requirements under criterion C as an exceptional local example of the Georgian Revival style.”