{"nrhp_refnum":"80000565","name":"Putnam, Otis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Harvard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.268958431000044,"lon":-71.80259599899995,"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-and-a-half-story brick Queen Anne house at 25 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1887 for Otis Putnam and designed by Fuller & Delano.","why_significant":"The form describes it as a good local example of Queen Anne architecture that keeps excellent stained glass and remains unaltered. It is also tied to Otis Putnam, a Worcester merchant whose firm grew into one of the city's largest department stores.","narrative":"Built in 1887 at 25 Harvard Street in Worcester, this brick house was designed by Fuller & Delano as the residence of merchant Otis Putnam. It is a Queen Anne building of two and a half stories on a rock-faced granite foundation laid in a broken course. The asymmetrical facade has first- and second-story porches with original trim, topped by a high gable with a central oriel and shingles set in an undulating pattern. Excellent stained glass survives, and an original granite retaining wall surrounds the property. Putnam bought the lot from the heirs of T.E. Hall and had an existing Greek Revival house moved to the rear before construction began. Born in Leicester in 1831, he started as a clerk in 1847 and later became a partner in the firm that grew into one of Worcester's largest department stores. He also served as a director of local businesses. The house remains unaltered and is now used as offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Fuller & Delano","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as offices; the form states the building is unaltered and has not been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:55.036273-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7928/63792855/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000565.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000565/f6f24d181f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000565/f6f24d181f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otis_Putnam_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:Otis_Putnam_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792855","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Putnam_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108817"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/putnam-otis-house-80000565/"}