{"nrhp_refnum":"85003067","name":"Buildings at 24-30 Summer St.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"24--30 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrence","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.710381933000065,"lon":-71.15399181499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, mansard-roofed red brick rowhouse of four units with paired entrances at 24-30 Summer Street in northern Lawrence, Massachusetts, built beginning in 1877 by two owners, Joseph E. Buswell and Dr. E. S. Yates.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects Lawrence's shift from corporate paternalism under the Essex Company to laissez-faire industrial capitalism. It is also the only surviving rowhouse in the city in the fully developed Panel Brick style, and rowhouses were a short-lived housing form there.","narrative":"Four brick rowhouse units at 24-30 Summer Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were built from 1877 on lots the Essex Company sold in 1867 with a requirement that brick rowhouses be built. The three-story building has a mansard roof, paired entrances, polygonal bays and intricate brick detailing typical of the Panel Brick style. Its architect is unknown. Units 28-30 remain nearly intact, with original doors, marble mantels and woodwork, while 24-26 were altered and damaged by fire and vandalism. Early tenants were middle-class families, but by the twentieth century most were factory workers, and by 1913 all were Italian. The building is considered significant because few such multifamily dwellings survive in Lawrence, and it illustrates the city's change from a company town to an industrial, immigrant city. It is also the city's only surviving rowhouse in fully developed Panel Brick style. Rehabilitation for low-income housing was under way at the time.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1877-1878)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Panel Brick style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Units 28-30 are in good condition and largely intact; 24-26 suffered fire damage and vandalism and lost their roof. Rehabilitation for low-income housing was under way.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.593787-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7946/63794650/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003067/82e5e09e8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003067/82e5e09e8c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"EraserGirl","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buildings_at_24-30_Summer_St._Lawrence,_MA.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:Buildings_at_24-30_Summer_St._Lawrence,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794650","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildings_at_24%E2%80%9330_Summer_St.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/buildings-at-24-30-summer-st-85003067/"}