{"nrhp_refnum":"84002166","name":"Lothrop, H.B., Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 Weir St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.896314818000064,"lon":-71.10336659199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story, gable-fronted wood frame commercial building at 210 Weir Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built about 1855 as H.B. Lothrop's grocery store.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally well-preserved example of Italianate commercial design that keeps its original storefront and window sash. It is also one of the few frame stores surviving in Taunton, a building type with a low survival rate in southeast Massachusetts. It serves as a reminder of Weir Street's commercial past.","narrative":"Built around 1855 at 210 Weir Street in Taunton, this wood frame building began as H.B. Lothrop's grocery store, which operated from the 1860s through the 1880s. It was one of many small businesses that lined Weir Street after the Civil War. The gable-fronted building rises two and a half stories and is entered through a central door set in a splayed reveal. Large two-over-two store windows dominate the facade. A first-story overhang on deep stickwork brackets carries the sign, and the cornice has paired brackets and eave returns. The storefront and window sash are original, though a spindled balustrade was added and the area above the storefront was altered in 1890. It is recognized as an outstanding example of Italianate commercial design and as a mid-19th-century wood frame commercial building, a type that rarely survives in southeast Massachusetts. It also recalls the commercial character of Weir Street.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a store in present use; the form describes it as exceptionally well preserved with integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.223677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7893/63789337/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002166.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002166/1590b7923f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002166/1590b7923f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_HBLothropStore.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TauntonMA_HBLothropStore.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._B._Lothrop_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5627896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/lothrop-h-b-store-84002166/"}