{"nrhp_refnum":"83000751","name":"Haynes Hotel Waters Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1386-1402 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.10230183300007,"lon":-72.59016571599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Italianate commercial block at 1386-1402 Main Street in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, built in 1865 for Theodore Haynes as a hotel with stores. It is also known as the Waters Building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of downtown's largest and most ornate Italianate blocks and one of two early, intact surviving hotels. Its facade is nearly intact above the first floor, and it preserves the rhythm of historic Main Street. It is also tied to Theodore \"Tilly\" Haynes, a merchant and public benefactor who promoted downtown's growth.","narrative":"Built in 1865 at 1386-1402 Main Street in Springfield, this brick Italianate block was designed to hold a hotel, shops and the Haynes and Co. clothing store. Merchant Theodore \"Tilly\" Haynes erected it after an 1864 fire destroyed his store and the nearby Music Hall. The hotel had an open central court under a skylight and entrances on Main and Pynchon Streets, and the city's first hydraulic elevator was installed there in 1874. The Post Office occupied the corner store until the 1880s. Later owners renovated it in 1883, and the building is still commonly called the Waters Building. In 1943 the lobby became a store and the upper rooms became offices. Above the ground floor the facade remains largely intact, with ornate window hoods, quoining and a bracketed projecting cornice. It was listed as one of downtown's largest Italianate blocks and an early surviving hotel, and it forms a complete block with its northern neighbor.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Presently used for stores and offices; a new elevator tower was added in a 1981 renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.260115-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7903/63790319/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000751.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000751/3ac895e77d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000751/3ac895e77d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haynes_Hotel_Waters_Building,_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:Haynes_Hotel_Waters_Building,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790319","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynes_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5687068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/haynes-hotel-waters-building-83000751/"}