{"nrhp_refnum":"80000566","name":"Goulding, W.H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Dix St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26949223300005,"lon":-71.80286215999996,"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-storey Greek Revival frame house at 4 Dix Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, built between 1847 and 1849 for Henry Goulding at 26 Harvard Street and later moved to its present site.","why_significant":"The house is recorded as an example of Greek Revival architecture, with a side-hall plan, pedimented gable and Ionic porch. It is also tied to Henry Goulding, a machinery manufacturer and founder of the Worcester Mechanics' Association. Its move around 1850 relates to the sale of his woolen machinery business.","narrative":"This two-storey frame house at 4 Dix Street in Worcester is a Greek Revival residence on a rock-faced granite foundation. Its three-bay facade has a side-hall entry and is framed by corner pilasters that support an entablature and cornice, which continue across the gable to form a pediment. An open first-storey porch rests on four fluted Ionic columns, and the main entry has a pilastered frame, sidelights and an original four-panel door. Clapboard covers the exterior. The house was built between 1847 and 1849 at 26 Harvard Street for Henry Goulding, a machinery manufacturer who founded the Worcester Mechanics' Association. Around 1850-1851 his woolen machinery business was bought by Willard, Williams and Company, possibly at a large profit. Goulding then moved the house to Dix Street and built a large Italianate mansion on the Harvard Street site. The Dix Street house was sold to Samuel Bemis in 1850 and later passed to his son-in-law David Whiting Eames. It was included in Worcester's citywide survey of historic resources.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form says the building is unaltered, though it was moved from Harvard Street in 1849-1850.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.605862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7928/63792839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000566/1ff9b473b2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000566/1ff9b473b2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.H._Goulding_House,_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.H._Goulding_House,_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Goulding_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715904"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/goulding-w-h-house-80000566/"}