{"nrhp_refnum":"80000540","name":"Boynton and Windsor","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"718 and 720 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.258012618000066,"lon":-71.80829311599996,"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":"Two identical brick apartment houses, the Boynton (718 Main Street) and the Windsor (720 Main Street), in Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1887-1888.","why_significant":"The buildings are presented as good examples of local apartment house construction that began in the early and mid-1880s, and of early Worcester apartments aimed at middle-class tenants. They are also among the best surviving examples of a once-extensive apartment district along Main Street South, Wellington Street and toward Chandler Street, now fragmented by demolitions.","narrative":"Two matching brick apartment houses at 718 and 720 Main Street in Worcester, the Boynton and the Windsor, date from 1887-1888. Each is four stories high with a flat roof. The Boynton, built for real estate developer J.C. Ellis at a cost of $16,000, survives unaltered. Its symmetrical facade has a wide central bay framed by piers, a panelled brick parapet, and an open entry porch of five arches, with rock-faced sandstone trim. The Windsor began identical but has lost its parapet and its original wooden sash, now replaced by metal-frame windows. The Boynton was designed by the local firm of Barker & Nourse, and the Windsor is thought to be their work too. Both reflect the early apartment houses of Worcester, which attracted middle-class tenants such as a physician, a printer, a teacher, an artist and a druggist. Once part of the city's largest early apartment district, they now stand among its best remaining examples, with a cluster on Wellington Street.","period_of_significance":"1887-1888","architect_builder":"Boynton: Barker & Nourse (local firm), built for J.C. Ellis; Windsor: likely Barker & Nourse, built for G.D. Moore (not confirmed)","architectural_style":"Victorian - astylistic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition, in private ownership and residential use; the Boynton is unaltered, while the Windsor has lost its parapet and original wooden sash.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.458951-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7931/63793142/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000540/44e6057ce6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000540/44e6057ce6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boynton_and_Windsor_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</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:Boynton_and_Windsor_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008421","name":"Main Street and Murray Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/main-street-and-murray-avenue-historic-district-100008421/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793142","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boynton_and_Windsor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4952579"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/boynton-and-windsor-80000540/"}