{"nrhp_refnum":"85002416","name":"Hickey-Osborne Block","other_names":["Upton,John,House","Upton,E.S.,House","Dodge,Daniel,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38--60 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peabody","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52552639900006,"lon":-70.92543488699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial-residential block at 38-60 Main Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, made up of three pre-Civil War houses (ca. 1797 and ca. 1835) raised onto brick ground-floor storefronts and joined by 1923 brick additions.","why_significant":"The three houses are described as downtown Peabody's most distinguished surviving pre-Civil War residential architecture. Their later alterations illustrate how the downtown grew from scattered shops and houses into a major commercial center tied to leather manufacturing. The block is significant at the local level under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Three early houses on Main Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, were combined over time into a single commercial block. The John Upton House dates to about 1797, while the Daniel Dodge House and the Ebenezer Sprague Upton House were built about 1835. Each began as a family residence, in Federal or transitional Federal and Greek Revival styles. The easternmost house was raised onto a ground-floor storefront around 1897 and became the Osborne Block. In 1923, physician John J. Hickey had the other two houses lifted onto brick commercial ground floors, and two brick additions tied all three together. Upper floors kept residential use, and shops and offices filled the street level. The block is considered important as the best surviving group of pre-Civil War houses downtown and as a record of how Peabody's center changed from a community of small shops and homes to a commercial district serving a leather-manufacturing city. It is significant locally for its history and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-1923 (also lists 1700-1799)","architect_builder":"Builder/architect unknown","architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival transitional houses with later commercial alterations","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered, on its original site; ground floors in commercial use with residential and office space above.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.077644-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7947/63794730/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85002416.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002416/98491569ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002416/98491569ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hickey_Building,_Peabody_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hickey_Building,_Peabody_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickey-Osborne_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5751015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/hickey-osborne-block-85002416/"}