{"nrhp_refnum":"83000772","name":"United Electric Co. Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"73 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.10009141900008,"lon":-72.58783091799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Office building at 73 State Street in downtown Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, built in 1910 for the United Electric Co. and designed by Thomas M. James. It is faced in limestone.","why_significant":"The building housed the offices of a major local utility and reflects the city's growth and prosperity in the early twentieth century. It is also described as an outstanding local example of Beaux Arts classicism, one of only a few in downtown Springfield. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built in 1910 at 73 State Street in downtown Springfield, this limestone office building was constructed for the United Electric Company, a utility that supplied the city with power from the 1880s onward. Boston architect Thomas M. James, known for his many bank designs, gave it a Beaux Arts facade three bays wide, with two-story Ionic pilasters between slightly recessed bays, round-headed upper windows grouped with ornate spandrel panels, a projecting iron canopy over the center entrance, and a modillioned cornice topped by a clockface in classical framing. A compatible three-story rear addition by Kirkham & Parlett followed in 1927. The exterior remains unaltered. The building matters both as a record of Springfield's electrical history, from the first electric lighting in 1881 through the company's 1942 consolidation with Western Massachusetts Electric Company, and as one of only a few Beaux Arts buildings in the downtown. It is still used as offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas M. James (architect); 1927 rear addition designed by Kirkham & Parlett","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as offices; the exterior is described as unaltered apart from a compatible 1927 rear addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.102046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7903/63790351/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000772.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000772/dd3b9301ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000772/dd3b9301ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Electric_Company_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:United_Electric_Company_Building,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Electric_Co._Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7887723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/united-electric-co-building-83000772/"}