{"nrhp_refnum":"85001020","name":"Arlington Coal & Lumber","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.424729496000054,"lon":-71.18295008899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial building at 41 Park Avenue in Arlington Heights, Arlington, Massachusetts, built about 1875 by an unknown architect. It is a clapboard-clad Gothic Revival/Stick Style building with wood storage sheds at the rear of its lot.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an unusual and outstanding example of the Gothic Revival style, with fine Stick Style detailing on its main facade. It also served as a civic center in Arlington Heights, with a second-floor auditorium called Union Hall used for many community purposes. It is listed under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1875 at 41 Park Avenue, the Arlington Coal and Lumber Building is a clapboard commercial structure in the Arlington Heights section of Arlington, Massachusetts. Its main facade combines varied wooden wall cladding, extended brackets and three round-arched windows, now filled in, beneath a carved triangular panel, an arrangement the nomination describes as an unusual and outstanding example of Gothic Revival design with fine Stick Style detailing. The building also served as a civic center. Its second-floor auditorium, Union Hall, hosted religious services for Protestant congregations awaiting their own churches, dancing classes, dramatic productions, meetings of the Arlington Zouaves marching society, and roller skating in 1885. The ground floor has long been commercial and once held the Arlington Heights branch of the public library. Window replacements around 1960 are the only major alteration noted, and the building has been well maintained. It is recognized for its architecture and its role in the early development of Arlington Heights.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival/Stick Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as very well maintained; the first floor is still used for commercial purposes. Front windows were replaced around 1960 and the three round-arched windows are now filled in.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.190551-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7908/63790854/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85001020.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001020/ba26265770-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001020/ba26265770-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_ArlingtonCoalAndLumber.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:ArlingtonMA_ArlingtonCoalAndLumber.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790854","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Coal_%26_Lumber","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4792301"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/arlington-coal-and-lumber-85001020/"}