{"nrhp_refnum":"07001202","name":"Goldberg Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"97-103 Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25467538300006,"lon":-71.79008362199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","European","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick commercial building at 97-103 Water Street, on the corner of Water and Harrison streets in Worcester, Massachusetts, built between 1906 and 1910 (ca. 1908) for Jewish immigrant owners.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a representative example of Classical Revival commercial architecture, with yellow brick street facades and a corbelled cornice that echo downtown Worcester buildings. It is also important to the city's ethnic history, since Jewish immigrants built, owned and leased it as business space in the Water Street enclave. It also reflects the area's shift from Irish to Jewish residents and its role in clothing manufacturing.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Water and Harrison streets in Worcester, this four-story brick commercial building was erected between 1906 and 1910 on land bought by Jennie F. Goldberg. Its Water and Harrison street facades are yellow brick, with red brick on the other sides, segmentally arched windows, granite sills and a corbelled cornice. No architect or builder could be identified. The building reflects the transformation of Water Street from an Irish neighborhood into a largely Jewish commercial district in the early twentieth century. Ground-floor stores sat below manufacturing space, including a pants factory, and later the Krintzman company used the property. Its Classical Revival design follows the pattern set by downtown Worcester businessmen, and it could fit on any downtown corner. Arkus Drugs occupied the corner until the 1980s. Recent restoration returned the storefronts to their original layout, and the lower floors now hold a restaurant and pub. The period of significance runs from about 1908 to 1957.","period_of_significance":"ca 1908-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored using old photographs as a guide; the first two floors were converted to a restaurant and pub in 2006, with offices also listed as a current use. The third and fourth floors remain unfinished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.719443-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7931/63793190/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/07001202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001202/27ddcc5e20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001202/27ddcc5e20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldberg_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldberg_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793190","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldberg_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5579005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/goldberg-building-07001202/"}