{"nrhp_refnum":"80000634","name":"Schofield, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Mt. Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25404655300008,"lon":-71.81211707399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Second Empire style residence at 3 Mount Pleasant Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1860 and associated with James Scofield, its first known owner by 1865.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an early example of Second Empire architecture, with a square plan, rear ell, symmetrical facade, quoins and a low concave mansard roof, and it remains unaltered. It is also tied to James Scofield, an insurance businessman who tried to shape the development of Main Street South in Worcester.","narrative":"This clapboard house at 3 Mount Pleasant Street in Worcester dates to about 1860 and is an early local example of Second Empire design. It has a square floor plan with a rear ell, a symmetrical facade, corner quoins, an original entry porch, a side-lighted entry, moulded window caps with dentils and a deep dentilled cornice. A low mansard roof with a concave curve rises above, with two dormers on the front. The house is unaltered and still serves as a residence. It is linked to James Scofield (1824-1871), a Connecticut native who spent time in California before moving to Worcester in 1865 as an insurance agent. He built a large insurance business, bought land along Main Street South, and promoted deep setbacks for new houses to create a grand avenue. He also took part in efforts to reorganize the Worcester Horse Railroad Company and helped found the Worcester Safe Deposit Company.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in residential use; the form states the house 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 02:11:55.077362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7929/63792965/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000634.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000634/ecaab81b3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000634/ecaab81b3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3_Mount_Pleasant_St,_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:3_Mount_Pleasant_St,_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792965","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Schofield_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/schofield-james-house-80000634/"}