{"nrhp_refnum":"84002747","name":"Metropolitan District Commission Pumping House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Woodland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stoneham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45581623900006,"lon":-71.09026854299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick pumping station on Woodland Road in Stoneham, Massachusetts, beside Spot Pond within the Middlesex Fells Reservation. The main building dates to about 1906, with a side ell added in 1923, and a small period gatehouse sits behind it.","why_significant":"The building is significant as a major component of the Metropolitan Water Works system. It is also a notable example, in both architecture and engineering, of the work of the Boston firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successor to H. H. Richardson. Its monumental Revival design reflects urban Boston traditions rather than the scale of local Stoneham buildings of the period.","narrative":"Beside Spot Pond on Woodland Road in Stoneham, this pumping station was built around 1906 for the Metropolitan water supply and enlarged with a side ell in 1923. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the Boston firm that succeeded H. H. Richardson, designed it in the Renaissance Revival style. Yellow brick walls are trimmed with limestone quoins, large rusticated arched windows and an arched central entry flanked by paired columns. A fire around 1978 destroyed the original tile roof and upper half story, and a red hipped roof now replaces them. A small period gatehouse stands to the rear. The station occupies the site of the Charles Copeland House, one of the early mansions on the pond shore. Its monumental design reflects urban Boston traditions rather than the modest scale of Stoneham's local buildings. It is valued as a key part of the Metropolitan Water Works system and as a notable example of the architects' work in both architecture and engineering.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"A fire around 1978 destroyed the original tile hipped roof and upper half story; they were replaced with a modified red hipped roof. Still in use as part of the Metropolitan water supply.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.261805-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7922/63792209/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002747.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002747/608dbb34e5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002747/608dbb34e5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StonehamMA_MDCPumpingHouse.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:StonehamMA_MDCPumpingHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89002249","name":"Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/middlesex-fells-reservoirs-historic-district-89002249/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792209","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_District_Commission_Pumping_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6825075"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/metropolitan-district-commission-pumping-house-84002747/"}