{"nrhp_refnum":"80000659","name":"Refreshment Pavillion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hillside St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.20866606200008,"lon":-71.09723470099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1920s neo-classical refreshment pavilion on Hillside Street in Milton, Massachusetts, within the Blue Hills Reservation, built of granite and wood and used as a concession stand and picnic shelter.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the pavilion is a gracefully designed part of the Blue Hills Reservation's collection of park structures. It shows the public being offered park conveniences of high-quality design and materials rather than the cheapest and lowest sort.","narrative":"Built in the 1920s on Hillside Street in Milton, this refreshment pavilion is part of the Blue Hills Reservation, which is managed by the Metropolitan District Commission. It is a neo-classical structure with walls of granite and wood. Distinctive features include large oculus windows in each end of the stone walls, vented lunette openings, and delicate slatted supporting columns. The building has been altered only slightly, at an unknown date, and it has not been moved. It still serves as a concession stand and picnic shelter. Its importance rests on its place among the reservation's park structures. The nomination describes it as a gracefully designed building and notes that it gave park visitors a convenience built with high-quality design and materials, not the cheapest and lowest sort. It was recorded in 1979 as part of a wider group of recreational buildings in the reservation.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a concession stand and picnic shelter; altered slightly at an unknown date.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.033324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7926/63792698/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000659.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000659/eabe9acb90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000659/eabe9acb90-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Refreshment_Pavilion_MIlton_MA_03.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Refreshment_Pavilion_MIlton_MA_03.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792698","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshment_Pavilion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7307593"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/refreshment-pavillion-80000659/"}