{"nrhp_refnum":"83000773","name":"Upper Worthington Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Upper Worthington Historic District (Boundary Incre"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Worthington, Federal, Summit and Armory Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.11287100000004,"lon":-72.58079066619104,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An urban residential historic district of about 9 acres and 28 buildings on Worthington, Federal, Summit and Armory Streets in Springfield, Massachusetts, just east of downtown. It consists mostly of four-story brick apartment blocks built between 1908 and 1929.","why_significant":"The district is one of the largest and most cohesive early 20th century apartment districts in Springfield, built by local developers responding to the city's commercial and industrial growth. It is tied to the Gagnier and Angers families, prominent contractors and developers. It embodies the Georgian Revival style applied to multiple-unit blocks, and the curving, landscaped Summit Street reflects the planning behind the city's \"City of Homes\" image.","narrative":"Upper Worthington is a compact neighborhood of about 28 buildings on a plateau just east of downtown Springfield, made up largely of four-story brick apartment blocks erected between 1908 and 1929. Most are Georgian Revival, with a Jacobethan Revival building and Tudor Revival examples, and they share consistent scale, setbacks and landscaped buffers. Summit Street, laid out with a curving plan and mature trees, gives the area a picturesque character unlike other apartment districts in the city. The land was once occupied by large homes and estates, including the Kibbe estate, demolished in 1912 to create Summit Street. The contracting firm of Gagnier and Angers, followed by their sons' firm, built most of the district, with Pierre Angers listed as architect for nearly all of their work. Three early blocks were built by Edward Jenks Pinney. The district is valued locally for its architecture, its builders and its role in Springfield's early 20th century housing boom.","period_of_significance":"1908-1929","architect_builder":"Gagnier and Angers et al.","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival, with Jacobethan Revival and Tudor Revival examples","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Conditions range from recently renovated to vacant and abandoned. Five large blocks at Federal and Worthington Streets were recently renovated as subsidized housing, and four Summit Street structures are vacant and abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.637406-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7952/63795271/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000773.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000773/f3f07a685a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000773/f3f07a685a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_View_Commons,_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:City_View_Commons,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795271","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Worthington_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7899024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/upper-worthington-historic-district-83000773/"}