{"nrhp_refnum":"10001006","name":"Hayes, Charles H., Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14-44 Granite St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haverhill","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.774152171000026,"lon":-71.08512475399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of connected brick factory buildings at 14-44 Granite Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts: a six-story Queen Anne-style east building from 1894 and a seven-story Classical Revival-influenced south/west building from 1911, built as a box factory.","why_significant":"The buildings are tied to Haverhill's late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial growth, especially the shoe industry and its supporting box manufacturing, and to businessman Charles H. Hayes. They also represent the work of architects Josiah M. Littlefield and George W. Griffin and keep a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Two connected brick factory buildings on Granite Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts, record the city's industrial growth around the shoe trade. The six-story east building, completed in 1894, was designed by local architect Josiah M. Littlefield in the Queen Anne style, with red brick, terra-cotta bands, granite trim and a pyramidal-roofed stairtower. The seven-story building added in 1911, designed by George W. Griffin, is buff brick with concrete detail and relies on proportion and symmetry rather than heavy ornament. Charles H. Hayes, a banker and prominent businessman, built the complex as a wood and paper box factory supplying containers for packing shoes. Later tenants included shoe-related firms and, by the 1940s, Western Electric. The buildings kept their location, design, materials and workmanship, and were recognized for their association with local industry and for their architecture. At the time of listing they were being converted to apartments.","period_of_significance":"1894 - 1940","architect_builder":"Josiah M. Littlefield; George W. Griffin","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"At the time of nomination the buildings were being converted to apartments, with the current function listed as work in progress/vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.636661-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/7947/63794762/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10001006.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001006/083fb991a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001006/083fb991a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HaverhillMA_HayesBuilding.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:HaverhillMA_HayesBuilding.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794762","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Hayes_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16859001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/hayes-charles-h-building-10001006/"}