{"nrhp_refnum":"04000426","name":"Nazing Court Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"224-236 Seaver St. and 1-8 Nazing Court","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.303756047000036,"lon":-71.09286937199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-building, 151-unit apartment complex at 224-236 Seaver Street and 1-8 Nazing Court in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, across from Franklin Park. It was built in 1929 in the Classical Revival style, with Schein and Levine as architects.","why_significant":"The complex was built in 1929 for Roxbury's Jewish community and is nominated under Criteria A and C for architecture and community planning and development. Its open courtyard, light courts and preserved alley gave residents air and light, unlike earlier cramped tenements. It also offered a mix of small and large units at a time when most buildings were designed for families.","narrative":"Nazing Court Apartments is a 151-unit residential complex in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, facing Franklin Park along Seaver Street. Completed in 1929 to designs by Schein and Levine, it consists of a three-story Seaver Street block and a U-shaped courtyard block, both of brick with cast stone trim and Classical and Colonial Revival detailing. Interior light courts, a landscaped forecourt and a deeded alley that must stay open were meant to bring air and light to every apartment, a contrast with older tenement living. The complex was built for the Jewish community of the Elm Hill area and offered unit sizes from two to five rooms, including small apartments for young couples. Its opening came just before the 1929 stock market crash, and the neighborhood's population shifted in later decades. It was recognized for its architecture and its role in community planning and development, with a significance period of 1929 to 1954. A 2003 rehabilitation replaced windows and entrances while keeping the original patterns and layouts.","period_of_significance":"1929 to 1954","architect_builder":"Schein and Levine, architects","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as apartments; the complex was rehabilitated in 2003, with new windows, entrances, landscaping and renovated kitchens and bathrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.050515-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7968/63796831/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000426.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000426/893b8c57d2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000426/893b8c57d2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nazing_Court_Apartments,_Roxbury_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nazing_Court_Apartments,_Roxbury_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000086","name":"Olmsted Park System","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/olmsted-park-system-71000086/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796831","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazing_Court_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6983468"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/nazing-court-apartments-04000426/"}