{"nrhp_refnum":"84002406","name":"Nevins, Henry C., Home for Aged and Incurables","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"110 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Methuen","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.72128112400003,"lon":-71.18233656799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large three-story complex of attached brick buildings at 110 Broadway in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, built in 1906 as a home for the aged. It is attributed to architect Henry Vaughn and was commissioned by Henry C. Nevins.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that it is one of several public buildings donated to or built in Methuen by the Nevins family. It is also one of the last elaborate projects endowed by the Nevins, Searles or Tenney families. It is an example of the Jacobethan style and is said to retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Set on a wooded site along the Spicket River at 110 Broadway, this three-story complex of attached brick buildings was completed in 1906 as a home for the aged. It was commissioned by Henry C. Nevins, son of mill owner and philanthropist David Nevins, and is attributed to architect Henry Vaughn. The main building is brick with granite trim and is designed in the Jacobethan style. Notable features include prominent parapets on the pitched roof trimmed with terra cotta crockets, multi-paned granite-trimmed windows, large chimney masses in the end walls, and a crenellated rear tower partly visible from the front. Nevins's widow donated the privately owned building for use as a home for the aged, a purpose it still serves. It is regarded as one of the last elaborate projects endowed by the Nevins, Searles or Tenney families, alongside the Nevins Library, Serlo Organ Hall and Searles High School. The form reports no major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry Vaughn (attributed); form also lists architect as unknown","architectural_style":"Jacobethan","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a home for the aged; no major alterations reported.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.479406-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7901/63790104/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002406/844261ce79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002406/844261ce79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"EraserGirl","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevins_Home_for_Incurables.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EraserGirl</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevins_Home_for_Incurables.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790104","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C._Nevins_Home_for_Aged_and_Incurables","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5719052"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/nevins-henry-c-home-for-aged-and-incurables-84002406/"}