{"nrhp_refnum":"83000609","name":"Garbose Building","other_names":["Garland's Block","Ryan Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gardner","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.57591151200006,"lon":-71.99566066999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, wood-frame commercial block at 3 Pleasant Street (also 2-10 Parker Street) in the center of Gardner, Massachusetts. It was first built about 1883-1885 as Garland's Block and rebuilt about 1913-1915 with brick facades.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building keeps the integrity of its 1913-1915 design, materials, setting and location in Gardner's main commercial district, once called West Gardner. It also retains parts of one of the area's oldest surviving commercial blocks, tied to the district's first commercial growth in the 1870s-1880s. It is described as a good local example of the Classical (Colonial) Revival style.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Parker and Pleasant Streets in the heart of Gardner's commercial district, this three-story wood-frame block began as Garland's Building, a Second Empire structure built around 1883-1885 for local pharmacist Dr. Guy W. Garland. It originally had a mansard roof, a veranda and a five-story tower, with storefronts below, offices on the second floor and a meeting hall above. The Ryan Brothers bought it after 1907 and, around 1913-1915, rebuilt the street fronts in brick with marble trim, pressed-metal cornices and blind-arched third-floor windows, removing the tower and veranda. Abe and Samuel Garbose, who ran a clothing store in the building, bought it in 1923-1924 and added a distinctive storefront with a vaulted entry and copper-trimmed windows. Remnants of the original mansard roof, brackets and sash survive at the rear. It was listed for its commercial history and its good local Colonial Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates ca. 1883-1885; ca. 1913-1915)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival / Colonial Revival (original building Second Empire)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in private ownership, in commercial use, and in good condition but altered; most storefronts have been rebuilt.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.195271-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7972/63797214/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000609.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000609/82ecbed59c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000609/82ecbed59c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garbose_Building_-_Gardner,_MA_-_DSC00847.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garbose_Building_-_Gardner,_MA_-_DSC00847.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85003185","name":"West Gardner Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/west-gardner-square-historic-district-85003185/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797214","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbose_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5522040"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/garbose-building-83000609/"}