{"nrhp_refnum":"83004110","name":"Butler Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 Linwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Uxbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.09694095200007,"lon":-71.64409740899998,"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 brick Greek Revival commercial and residential building at 210 Linwood Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, built about 1845-1855 by an unknown builder for A. Butler, with a 19th-century barn on the 0.75-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a good local example of Greek Revival commercial architecture and the only one of its kind in Uxbridge that keeps its original decorative details. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. Its historical associations are few, but it was labelled a store in 1857 and sits beside the former Providence and Worcester Railroad bed.","narrative":"Butler Block is a brick building at 210 Linwood Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, dating from about 1845 to 1855. It was built for A. Butler, who owned it by 1855; an 1857 atlas labelled it a store. Its plan, its position just east of the Providence and Worcester Railroad bed, and its resemblance to Goldthwaite's Block at Uxbridge Center suggest it served as both a store and a residence or boarding house. The building rests on a rock-faced granite foundation and is made of red brick in common bond, though the north elevation is wood-frame above the first storey. Heavy pilasters trim the corners, granite lintels frame the windows, and a brick cornice makes a pediment of the south gable. A one-storey brick addition of about 1900 stands at the north end, and a timber-frame barn on granite piers sits to the south. It was listed as the town's only local example of Greek Revival commercial architecture that preserves its original decorative details.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; original owner A. Butler","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is stated as the same as the original, residential and commercial.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.329054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7930/63793097/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83004110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004110/8f046fbf2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004110/8f046fbf2f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ksherin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butler_Block_Uxbridge,_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ksherin</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:Butler_Block_Uxbridge,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5002572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/butler-block-83004110/"}