{"nrhp_refnum":"82004427","name":"Goldthwaite Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"99-103 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brockton","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.083336270000075,"lon":-71.02019593299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story commercial building at 99-103 Main Street in downtown Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, built in 1892 for druggist Charles Herbert Goldthwaite and faced in yellow Roman brick and red terra-cotta.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a major local example of Victorian commercial design, notable for its architectural detail. It is also an integral part of the largest and most prominent group of unaltered 19th century buildings remaining in Brockton, and its materials echo Brockton City Hall across the street.","narrative":"Rising four stories on Main Street in downtown Brockton, directly across from City Hall, this 1892 commercial building was erected by Charles Herbert Goldthwaite to house the apothecary his uncle Emerson had founded in 1867. The two men opened Brockton's first drug store in 1884. The facade combines yellow Roman brick with red terra-cotta, with piers, spandrels bearing the building's name and the date 1892, and copper-clad oriels in the outer bays. Scotsman J. Westwood, who arrived in Brockton in 1890, is recorded as architect, a rare survival of a name for buildings of the period. The upper floors remain largely original, while the storefronts were changed repeatedly and rebuilt in 1979 when the building became elderly housing. It is significant as a fine example of Victorian commercial design and as part of the city's largest surviving group of unaltered nineteenth century buildings, echoing the materials of City Hall.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J. Westwood","architectural_style":"Victorian commercial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Upper floors remain in original condition; storefronts were altered several times, and in 1979 the building was converted to elderly housing with a new three-bay storefront similar to the original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.043251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/7965/63796526/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82004427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004427/a835ad80cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004427/a835ad80cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldthwaite_Block,_Brockton_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldthwaite_Block,_Brockton_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldthwaite_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5580373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/goldthwaite-block-82004427/"}