{"nrhp_refnum":"80000496","name":"Higgins, Aldus Chapin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 John Wing Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.27538270500003,"lon":-71.80870123199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large neo-Tudor 'period' house at 1 John Wing Road in Worcester, Massachusetts, built 1921-1923 for Aldus Chapin Higgins to plans by New York architect Grosvenor Atterbury, with a stable/garage and garden features.","why_significant":"It is described as the most elaborate of Worcester's early twentieth century 'period' houses. Unlike two comparable local houses, it is known to contain antique European building materials, including a mantelpiece from an Italian monastery roof and imported leaded and stained glass. It is also tied to Aldus Higgins, a lawyer and later president of the Norton Company.","narrative":"Built between 1921 and 1923 at 1 John Wing Road in Worcester, this neo-Tudor residence was designed by New York architect Grosvenor Atterbury for Aldus Chapin Higgins, who reportedly spent years sketching and collecting materials beforehand. The exterior combines stone on the first storey, half-timbering with brick panels on the second, and half-timbering with stucco in the gables, with a crenellated semi-octagonal entry tower. Inside, a two-and-one-half storey Great Hall holds carved woodwork, an organ loft and a mantelpiece said to have come from the roof of an Italian monastery. Much of the leaded and stained glass was bought in Europe and shipped over after World War I. A matching stable and garage, original garden walls, gates and terraces survive. Higgins, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate and lawyer, became president of the Norton Company. The house is considered the most elaborate local example of its type, and it now serves as meeting rooms.","period_of_significance":"1921-1923","architect_builder":"Grosvenor Atterbury of New York","architectural_style":"neo-Tudor - \"Period House\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is meeting rooms, owned by Worcester Polytechnic Institute; the form reports the building as unaltered and not moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.717856-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7928/63792843/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000496.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000496/cc033f2b6e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000496/cc033f2b6e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldus_Chapin_Higgins_House_Worcester_MA_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Aldus_Chapin_Higgins_House_Worcester_MA_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldus_Chapin_Higgins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4714014"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/higgins-aldus-chapin-house-80000496/"}