{"nrhp_refnum":"83000755","name":"McKinney Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1121-27 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.100225642000055,"lon":-72.58564915499994,"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 five-story Classical Revival commercial block at 1121-27 Main Street in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, built in 1905 for Richard McKinney. It is faced in brick and sits in a row of similarly scaled buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects the southward commercial expansion of downtown Springfield in the early 1900s. It is described as an exceptionally well detailed, small-scale commercial block that has survived nearly intact. It also housed Unity Hall, used by the First Spiritualist Society.","narrative":"Built in 1905 for Richard McKinney, this five-story brick commercial block at 1121-27 Main Street in Springfield is five bays wide, with an angled corner bay that carries the facade around to Crossett Street. Classical Revival details include brick coursing, stone lintels with keystones on the lower floors, round-arched openings with decorative voussoirs on the fifth story, and an overhanging modillioned cornice. The ground floor was rented to commercial tenants, among them McGregory and Casman Monuments, likely successors to the Springfield Marble Works that had occupied the site. Upper floors held Unity Hall, a meeting space used by the First Spiritualist Society and its Ladies Aid Society. The building reflects the spread of downtown commerce southward, away from the railroad station but near State and Main Streets. McKinney sold it in 1909 to the Crossett Realty Trust. It retains much of its original character and was renovated for office use in 1981-82.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as commercial offices; adaptive reuse and exterior renovation took place in 1981-82.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.871426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7902/63790297/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000755.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000755/854b18b443-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000755/854b18b443-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McKinney_Building,_Springfield_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:McKinney_Building,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790297","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinney_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6801965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/mckinney-building-83000755/"}