{"nrhp_refnum":"83000757","name":"Morgan Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"313-333 Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.10428911100007,"lon":-72.59045323699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial and office building at 313-333 Bridge Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, facing Stearns Square. It was built in 1929 for the Morgan Realty Company.","why_significant":"The building is cited as one of the best designed and most intact small-scale, two-story commercial/office buildings of the early 20th century in downtown Springfield. It reflects the city's commercial growth in the latest phase of its major development period. The form also links it to the Morgan Envelope Company, one of the city's largest industries.","narrative":"Morgan Block is a two-story brick commercial building at 313-333 Bridge Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the southern edge of Stearns Square. Built in 1929 to designs by Kirkham and Parlett, it replaced a site once occupied by Scott's Laundry. The Morgan Realty Company, probably a development arm of the neighboring Morgan Envelope Company, owned it and planned shops at street level with offices above. Those uses continue today. The Classical Revival facade is arranged in rhythmic two-bay groupings between brick quoined piers, with Classical medallions beneath the parapet. A recent renovation removed later storefronts and exposed the original ones beneath leaded transoms. Its scale and proportions fit with the older buildings around the square. It was recognized as one of the best designed and most intact small commercial and office buildings of its era in the city, and as an example of Springfield's commercial growth in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Kirkham and Parlett","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for ground-floor retail and upper-floor offices; a recent renovation removed later twentieth-century storefronts and revealed the original ones.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.625475-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/7902/63790299/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000757.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000757/ca2d5581cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000757/ca2d5581cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morgan_Block,_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:Morgan_Block,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/morgan-block-83000757/"}