{"nrhp_refnum":"80000654","name":"Blue Hills Headquarters","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hillside St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.21568709100006,"lon":-71.09250013799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A police and patrol headquarters building on Hillside Street in Milton, Massachusetts, built in 1904 of Quincy granite as part of the Blue Hills Reservation.","why_significant":"The form describes it as a beautiful and vital part of the ensemble designed for the Blue Hills Reservation by Stickney & Austin between 1901 and 1911. It was built of local materials. The themes checked are architecture, community development and recreation.","narrative":"Built in 1904 on Hillside Street in Milton, this granite building has served as the police and patrol headquarters for the Blue Hills Reservation. Designed by the firm Stickney & Austin in the neo-classical style, its exterior walls are Quincy granite, a local material. An addition was made around 1910, possibly. The Metropolitan District Commission was the original owner and still uses the building for offices connected with the Blue Hills patrol, so its function has not changed. The building was listed as one element of the larger Blue Hills and Neponset River Reservations multiple resource area. Its significance rests on its role in the ensemble of structures that Stickney & Austin designed for the reservation between 1901 and 1911. The nomination calls it a beautiful and vital part of that group, and it relates to the themes of architecture, community development and recreation in the early planned park system serving Boston.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stickney & Austin","architectural_style":"Neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as offices for the MDC/Blue Hills patrol; the original use is the same as the present use. An addition was made around 1910.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.435581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7923/63792383/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000654.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000654/1f29fef053-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000654/1f29fef053-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiltonMA_BlueHillsPoliceHQ.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:MiltonMA_BlueHillsPoliceHQ.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792383","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hills_State_Police_Barracks_Station_H-7","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929236"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/blue-hills-headquarters-80000654/"}