{"nrhp_refnum":"80000544","name":"Alexander, Arad, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 Waverly St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.256697160000044,"lon":-71.79211236499998,"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 two-story Greek Revival frame house at 53 Waverly Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1845 and moved to its present site in 1867-1868.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most elaborately decorated examples of Greek Revival architecture in Worcester. It has a temple front with four Corinthian columns and finely carved details. The carving resembles the work of architect/builder Elias Carter, though no connection to Carter is documented.","narrative":"Built around 1845 in the Greek Revival style, this two-story frame house at 53 Waverly Street in Worcester is regarded as one of the city's most elaborately decorated buildings of its type. A temple front of four Corinthian columns supports a pediment with an entablature and modillioned cornice, masking a three-bay side-hall facade. The house rests on a rock-faced granite foundation. Carved details include Corinthian capitals on the columns and corner pilasters, tongue and dart and egg and dart mouldings, acanthus modillions, window hoods on consoles and a Corinthian entry. These features suggest the work of Elias Carter, although no link to him is known. The house's early history is unknown. It was moved to its present site in 1867-1868 for Arad Alexander, a truckman who owned the firm Alexander & Martin, probably one of many houses moved as downtown Worcester's commercial district expanded. Later changes, a new front door and wooden shingling, do not interfere with its important features.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; carved details suggest the work of Elias Carter, though no connection is known","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residence; altered with a new front door and wooden shingle siding in the mid-20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.768739-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7928/63792837/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000544.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000544/f261e46ab5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000544/f261e46ab5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arad_Alexander_House_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:Arad_Alexander_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792837","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arad_Alexander_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4783604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/alexander-arad-house-80000544/"}