{"nrhp_refnum":"83000735","name":"Apremont Triangle Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. Pearl, Hillman, Bridge, and Chestnut","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.105513356000074,"lon":-72.58871375499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small historic district in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, centered on the triangular Apremont Triangle park and the six commercial and institutional buildings that surround it, built between 1910 and 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant under criterion C for its cohesive group of early 20th century commercial architecture. The buildings were designed to harmonize with each other and with the park in scale and massing. The area also reflects Springfield's growth as a commercial center and the automobile showroom trade of the 1920s.","narrative":"Apremont Triangle is a small triangular park in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, enclosed by six buildings from 1910 to 1929. The park was created in 1924, when Pearl Street was realigned and Bridge Street extended, and was dedicated as a World War I memorial named for the battle at Apremont, France. The Hotel Kimball, built in 1910 in Renaissance Revival style, was the first commercial building here and marked the shift from a residential neighborhood to commercial use. The Birnie, Harris and Green Blocks, all designed by the Samuel M. Green Company, are limestone-faced two-story buildings that housed auto showrooms and offices. The Tarbell-Waters Building adds Gothic Revival details, and the YMCA Building offers Classical Revival design and hotel rooms for travellers. The district was listed for its cohesive early twentieth century commercial architecture, planned to form a park-like setting, and for its link to Springfield's 1920s automobile industry.","period_of_significance":"1910-1926","architect_builder":"Samuel M. Green Co. (Birnie, Harris and Green Blocks); H.L. Sprague (Tarbell-Waters Building); Albert W. Cobb (Hotel Kimball); Shattuck & Hussey (YMCA Building)","architectural_style":"Commercial (Classical, Moderne), Gothic Revival details, Renaissance Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The YMCA moved to a new facility in 1968; the area has remained commercial in orientation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.128357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/7903/63790357/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000735.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000735/50a1ed2a46-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000735/50a1ed2a46-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YMCA,_Chestnut_Street,_Springfield_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:YMCA,_Chestnut_Street,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790357","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apremont_Triangle_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4781824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/apremont-triangle-historic-district-83000735/"}