{"nrhp_refnum":"84000421","name":"Vermont Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6-12 Thacher St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.365638567000076,"lon":-71.05727862099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story red brick commercial building at 6-12 Thacher Street, on the corner of North Margin Street in Boston's North End, built in 1904 to designs by Arthur H. Bowditch and Edward B. Stratton and constructed by W. A. and H. A. Root.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building meets Criteria A and C for its Beaux Arts design with extensive marble trim, which may be unique in the Boston area. It is also valued for an innovative plan combining company operations with rentable open upper floors. Its association with the early growth of the Vermont Marble Company adds to its importance.","narrative":"Rising six stories above the brick rowhouses of Boston's North End, this 1904 commercial building at Thacher and North Margin Streets was designed by architects Arthur H. Bowditch and Edward B. Stratton and built by W. A. and H. A. Root for Redfield Proctor of the Vermont Marble Company. Its red brick piers and spandrels are trimmed lavishly with Vermont marble in a Beaux Arts manner, a use of marble that may be unique in the Boston area. The company used the ground floor for marble polishing and storage, with its office on the mezzanine, while the open upper floors could be subdivided and rented as office space, a format unusual for the time. The building also reflects the early growth of a marble company whose stone later appeared on major national monuments. Inside, square wooden columns and heavy timber beams remain exposed, and the building stands largely as constructed.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Arthur H. Bowditch & Edward B. Stratton (architects); W. A. and H. A. Root (contractors)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style brick pier and spandrel structure with Beaux Arts marble detailing","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied; it remains largely as constructed inside and out.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.390024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7967/63796798/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84000421.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000421/d2d91a6268-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000421/d2d91a6268-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vermont_Building_Boston_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Vermont_Building_Boston_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796798","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7921684"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/vermont-building-84000421/"}