{"nrhp_refnum":"83000760","name":"Patton Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15-19 Hampden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.10364530500004,"lon":-72.59410560999999,"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 commercial block at 15-19 Hampden Street in downtown Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, built about 1872 for William Patton and given a new facade in 1909 designed by B.H. Seabury.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building meets Criteria A, B and C. It reflects the late 19th-century development of the North Blocks wholesale district and its 1909 shift to offices and retail shops. It is tied to developer William Patton and his son, and it housed the noted engineering firm Durkee, White and Towne for over 30 years. Its 1909 facade is an intact, unusual example of Georgian Revival vernacular design.","narrative":"Located at 15-19 Hampden Street in downtown Springfield, this brick commercial block dates to about 1872 and was built for developer William Patton. In 1909 it was converted from a warehouse and wholesaling building to first-class offices with retail shops, and local architect B.H. Seabury designed a new Georgian Revival facade. The facade remains entirely intact. Its horizontal massing, two-story projecting bays with geometric wood spandrels, modillioned cornice, leaded glass transoms and central cast-iron entrance canopy set it apart from other downtown blocks of the style. The canopy is one of only three iron canopies surviving on downtown buildings. William Patton Jr. kept real estate offices on the second floor. The engineering firm Durkee, White and Towne, regarded as western Massachusetts' leading firm, worked from the third floor for over 30 years. It handled trolley lines, water and sewer projects, and designed Camp Devens during the First World War. One shop was a showroom for the Springfield Buick Company.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"B.H. Seabury (1909 facade)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival vernacular","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is the same as the original commercial use; the 1909 facade remains entirely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.929892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7903/63790309/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000760.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000760/e8e887b78e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000760/e8e887b78e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patton_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:Patton_Building,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790309","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7148632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/patton-building-83000760/"}