{"nrhp_refnum":"80000596","name":"Chamberlain, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"373 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.263522196000054,"lon":-71.81496324899996,"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-one-half-story Victorian Gothic house at 372 Pleasant Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1876 for Charles W. Chamberlain. It has clapboard walls and a side-hall, gabled facade.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Worcester's finest and most ornate examples of Victorian Gothic architecture. Its decorative woodwork, including gable aprons with trefoils and quatrefoils, bargeboards, window hoods and a porch with foliate capitals, is described as exceptional and in superb condition. The Gothic elements are decorative rather than structural.","narrative":"Built around 1876 at 372 Pleasant Street in Worcester, this two-and-one-half-story house is regarded as one of the city's finest and most ornate examples of Victorian Gothic architecture. It has a side-hall, gabled facade and clapboard walls. Its decorative woodwork includes gable aprons with trefoils, quatrefoils and pendants, bargeboards with spindles supporting pointed arches, gabled window hoods, vertical sheathing, and an open porch on thin columns topped with stylized foliate capitals. As is common in Victorian Gothic design, the Gothic features are ornamental rather than structural. The first occupant, Charles Chamberlain, co-owned Copeland & Chamberlain, a firm that made mowing machines and extension dividers and also offered machine repairs. City atlases show the house once stood closer to South Russell Street, suggesting it was moved between 1922 and 1938 to make room for the Advent Christian Church on the east end of the lot. The architect is unknown, and the woodwork remains in superb condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Residential use; the form says the woodwork is in superb condition and the house is unaltered, though it was moved on its lot in the early 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 02:11:53.52369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7928/63792871/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000596.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000596/6bb902ad26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000596/6bb902ad26-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CharlesChamberlainHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CharlesChamberlainHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792871","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chamberlain_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5076173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/chamberlain-charles-house-80000596/"}