{"nrhp_refnum":"12000068","name":"Outing Park Historic District","other_names":["Hollywood Area","Mhc# 277-281, Spr.2947"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Saratoga, Niagara, Oswego, & Bayoone Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.09545150000005,"lon":-72.57995932056446,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of 23 early 20th-century brick apartment buildings in the South End of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, also known as the Hollywood area. The buildings were erected between 1914 and 1926 by the development firm Gagnier & Angers.","why_significant":"The district is the largest collection of apartment blocks built in Springfield by Gagnier & Angers, one of the city's most prolific development and construction firms. It is nominated for architecture and community planning and development. The buildings show two design phases, Georgian Revival and then Classical Revival, and form cohesive streetscapes.","narrative":"Outing Park is a compact neighborhood of 23 four-story brick apartment buildings at the southern edge of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. Built between 1914 and 1926 by the development firm Gagnier & Angers, the buildings stand close to the street along short, tree-lined roads east of Main Street. The earlier buildings, dating before 1917, use Georgian Revival styling with bowed bays and small porticoes. Later buildings, up to 1926, are larger and show Classical Revival details in cast stone, including keystones, quoins and heavy cornices. The original development once included 44 buildings, but twenty that had become badly run down were removed by the city's redevelopment authority, leaving the surviving core largely intact. Alterations are mostly limited to replaced doors and windows, and many interiors keep their vestibules, stairhalls and trim. The district was listed for its architecture and its role in community planning and development, as the largest group of apartment blocks the firm built in the city. Nearly all buildings remain in residential use.","period_of_significance":"1914-1962","architect_builder":"Gagnier & Angers (Christopher I. Gagnier and Pierre Angers); Pierre Angers designed most buildings, and Harry L. Sprague designed the first four, since demolished","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Georgian Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Buildings are generally in good condition and all but one are occupied; current function is multiple dwelling. Twenty buildings of the original development were demolished by the redevelopment authority, leaving three vacant lots within the boundaries.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.640173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/7952/63795241/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12000068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000068/cb29085d15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000068/cb29085d15-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpringfieldMA_OutingParkHD.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795241","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outing_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16896304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/outing-park-historic-district-12000068/"}