{"nrhp_refnum":"80000531","name":"Hammond Heights","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Properties along Germain, Haviland, Highland, and Westland Sts. and Institute Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.27201650000006,"lon":-71.81793548662706,"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":"Hammond Heights is a residential historic district on a hillside in Worcester, Massachusetts, covering lots on Westland, Germain and Haviland Streets, the north side of Highland Street, and part of Institute Road. The subdivision was laid out in the mid-1880s and built up between about 1890 and 1928.","why_significant":"The district is presented as one of the best examples of Worcester's turn-of-the-century suburbanization. Its houses show a range of late Victorian and early twentieth-century styles popular in the middle and upper-middle-class growth of the city's West Side. Most were apparently architect-designed for their first owner-occupants, and the area retains good condition, tree-lined streets and broad unfenced lawns.","narrative":"Hammond Heights is a hillside neighborhood on Worcester's West Side, made up of three blocks between Highland Street and Institute Road. It was once part of the John Hammond Farm, and a subdivision plan was prepared by 1886. Hammond's own Italianate house at 264 Highland Street, built about 1851, is the earliest building. Sixteen houses went up along Germain and Highland Streets between 1890 and 1896, about forty more followed on Westland and Haviland Streets by 1911, and the last house was finished by 1928. The district is valued for its range of styles, including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Arts & Crafts, Bungalow and Dutch Colonial. Most houses appear to have been designed by architects for the families who lived in them rather than for a developer. Good preservation, tree-lined streets and broad lawns make it a strong example of Worcester's turn-of-the-century suburban growth.","period_of_significance":"1890-1918","architect_builder":"Architects named include Barker & Nourse, Fuller & Delano, Earle & Fisher, Edwin Chapin, W.H. Harvey, Lucius W. Briggs, George Clemence, R.B. Pierce and Charles H. Lincoln","architectural_style":"Mixed Victorian and early 20th century: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Arts & Crafts/Tudor, Bungalow, Dutch Colonial, and an Italianate house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Residential use; condition described as good to excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.18553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7931/63793146/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000531.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000531/8795b80e89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000531/8795b80e89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_GermainStreet_3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_GermainStreet_3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Heights","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5645838"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/hammond-heights-80000531/"}