{"nrhp_refnum":"09000355","name":"WPA Field House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7-19 Henry Turner Bailey Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scituate","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.218520100000035,"lon":-70.78679766999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small 1½-story Craftsman-style field house of granite fieldstone with a slate roof, built in 1938-1939 at 7-19 Henry Turner Bailey Road in the Gannett's Corner area of North Scituate, Massachusetts, as part of a town recreation park.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the field house is a unique, well-preserved example of its type and style in Scituate and a rare example of historic recreational architecture there. It reflects the suburban growth of Scituate and the Works Progress Administration's role during the Great Depression, when WPA funds of $23,500 and a large local workforce built the park. It meets criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1938-1939 on Henry Turner Bailey Road in North Scituate, this field house served a town recreation park near Gannett's Corner. The building measures 38 by 41 feet and rises 1½ stories under a slate side-gable roof. Granite fieldstone forms the walls and the pillars of a deep front porch, while the gable ends use vertical shiplap siding. Inside, a large main room features wood paneling and a massive fieldstone fireplace. The park was developed with $23,500 in Works Progress Administration funds and employed more workers than any earlier WPA project in Scituate, giving much-needed jobs during the Great Depression. It also answered growing interest in leisure, fitness and children's playgrounds as the town's population grew after the railroad arrived in 1871. The building is recognized for its bold, simple forms and natural materials, its Craftsman character, and its rarity as recreational architecture in town. It is currently vacant, with its windows covered in plywood.","period_of_significance":"1938-1959","architect_builder":"M. Joseph Milano","architectural_style":"Craftsman; Classical Revival (pump station)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant; window openings are covered with plywood, the slate roof was recently repaired, and the gable-end circular window sashes are being replaced in kind.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.565767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7966/63796602/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/09000355.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000355/578eca7bd0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000355/578eca7bd0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Electrachrome","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WPA_Field_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Electrachrome</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:WPA_Field_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPA_Field_House_and_Pump_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/wpa-field-house-09000355/"}