{"nrhp_refnum":"80000573","name":"Lincoln, Gov. Levi, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Avalon Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26687861000005,"lon":-71.80662593399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house at 4 Avalon Place in Worcester, Massachusetts, built about 1834 for Governor Levi Lincoln to a design by Elias Carter. It was moved to its present site from Elm Street around 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Worcester's earliest example of the side-hall Greek Revival house type, which dominated local building in the 1840s and 1850s. It also has associations with Levi Lincoln Jr., governor of Massachusetts for nine years, U.S. congressman and Worcester's first mayor. The house shows Greek Revival features alongside late Federalist elements.","narrative":"Built about 1834 at what was then Elm Street in Worcester, this clapboard house served as a temporary home for Levi Lincoln Jr. while his larger mansion was under construction. Lincoln had served nine consecutive years as Governor of Massachusetts, later served in the U.S. House of Representatives, and became Worcester's first mayor in 1848. He hired local architect Elias Carter, who designed the house. It is described as Worcester's earliest side-hall Greek Revival house, a type that dominated local building in the following two decades. Its features include a hammered granite foundation, a gable made to read as a pediment, a Doric entry porch, and a doorway with sidelights and an original four-panel door. Narrow corner boards and moulded window trim reflect late Federalist influence. After Lincoln moved to his mansion, he sold the house to John Richardson. In 1878 it was sold to Jonas Clark, who built on the site, and Col. William A. Williams moved it to Avalon Place and converted it to apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elias Carter","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; the form records it as converted to apartments after being moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:55.040534-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7930/63793043/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000573.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000573/c4b1ca0ae7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000573/c4b1ca0ae7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levi_Lincoln_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:Levi_Lincoln_House_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80000570","name":"Lincoln Estate-Elm Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/lincoln-estate-elm-park-historic-district-80000570/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793043","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gov._Levi_Lincoln_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588530"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/lincoln-gov-levi-house-80000573/"}