{"nrhp_refnum":"83004106","name":"Bank Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40-44 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Uxbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.07506560200005,"lon":-71.62807872599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial block at 40-44 South Main Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, built in 1895-1896 by an unknown architect. It sits at the southern end of the town's commercial district.","why_significant":"It is described as the most ornate and best-preserved of Uxbridge's three remaining nineteenth-century commercial blocks and its most ornate example of late Victorian commercial architecture. It is also tied to the Blackstone National Bank and the Uxbridge Savings Bank, which shared space there between 1896 and 1914.","narrative":"Built in 1895-1896 at 40-44 South Main Street, this three-story brick commercial block anchors the southern end of Uxbridge's downtown. It has a granite foundation, a low hip roof with a cornice and parapet, and a symmetrical west facade. The ground floor holds two original storefronts with plate-glass windows and cast-iron columns topped with stylized Corinthian capitals. Upper-story windows have rock-faced granite sills and lintels, with decorative brickwork panels between floors and a granite plaque reading \"Bank Building.\" It is the most ornate and best-preserved of the town's three surviving nineteenth-century commercial blocks. After the Capron Building burned in 1896, the Blackstone National Bank and the Uxbridge Savings Bank rented space here until 1914. The block was planned with two stores, second-floor offices and a third-floor public hall. Its integrity and its status as the town's most elaborate late Victorian commercial building support its listing for architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as virtually unaltered with no major alterations; original commercial use continues in the present.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.990328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7930/63793077/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83004106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004106/814d3131be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004106/814d3131be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Bank_Building,_Uxbridge_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:The_Bank_Building,_Uxbridge_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793077","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Building_(Uxbridge,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4855907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/bank-building-83004106/"}