{"nrhp_refnum":"84002097","name":"Buildings at 80 and 88 W. Brittania St.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"80 and 88 W. Brittania St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.91350548300005,"lon":-71.10151997699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two three-decker tenement buildings at 80 and 88 West Brittania Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, next to the Reed and Barton Co. complex, built around 1914 as working-class housing.","why_significant":"The three-decker grouping is described as the best display of this residential building type in the city. The buildings show Colonial Revival influence in their classically detailed porches and corner pilasters, and their wood shingle sheathing reflects a widespread early 20th-century material. They retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association, and the form says they meet Criterion C.","narrative":"Two wood-shingled three-decker tenements at 80 and 88 West Brittania Street in Taunton stand beside the Reed and Barton Co. complex. Built around 1914, they are thought to be the work of a single speculator, Thomas Nichols, who put up identical buildings for working-class tenants. A third matching building nearby was later covered in aluminum siding and lost its architectural integrity, leaving these two as the intact pair. The buildings show Colonial Revival influence in their classically detailed porches and corner pilasters. Three-deckers evolved from late nineteenth-century rowhouses into freestanding wooden structures with a characteristic three-story porch, and were built in large numbers from the late 1880s through the early 1930s, usually near industrial plants and public transportation. The two remaining buildings are considered the best display of this housing type in Taunton. They retain their original location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and remain private residences in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas Nichols (speculator, likely builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival influence; three-decker","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, privately owned and in residential use; a third three-decker in the original group has been aluminum sided and lost its integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.305808-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/7895/63789527/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002097.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002097/e02b8d6ebc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002097/e02b8d6ebc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:80-88_W_Brittania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:80-88_W_Brittania.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001484","name":"Taunton State Hospital","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/taunton-state-hospital-93001484/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789527","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nichols_Three_Deckers","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986644"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/buildings-at-80-and-88-w-brittania-st-84002097/"}