{"nrhp_refnum":"85003250","name":"Building at 30-34 Station Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30--34 Station St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookline","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.33356614100006,"lon":-71.11728379899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick mixed-use building at 30-34 Station Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, built in 1892-93 for Albert A. Cobb and designed by Winslow and Wetherell.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be one of the earliest Brookline examples of a multi-use building, with shops and offices on the ground floor and apartments above. It was also designed by the prominent architectural firm of Winslow and Wetherell. It meets criterion C.","narrative":"Rising four stories on Station Street in Brookline, this brick block was built in 1892-93 for Albert A. Cobb, a Boston merchant in the East India trade. Winslow and Wetherell, a firm also known for Steinert Hall and the Hotel Touraine in Boston, designed it with four stores and twelve apartments. Its flat roof carries a wide bracketed cornice, and three-story bays rest on heavy brackets, while cast iron columns mark the store entrances. Decorative brickwork with dentils above the first floor recalls older panel-brick buildings nearby on Washington Street. The ground floor held shops and offices, and the upper floors served as two apartment hotels, the Belknap and the Fosdick, which housed many residents by 1895. A store was converted to tenements in 1929. The building is considered one of Brookline's earliest multi-use buildings, combining commercial and residential space under one roof, and its design by a respected architectural firm supports its significance. Today it holds shops, offices and apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Winslow and Wetherell (architects); Albert A. Cobb (original owner/builder)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival/Commercial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is shops, offices and apartments; altered in 1929 when a store was converted into tenements.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.376091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7925/63792500/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003250.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003250/2f1b32717f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003250/2f1b32717f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklineMA_BuildingAt30_34StationSt.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:BrooklineMA_BuildingAt30_34StationSt.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792500","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_30%E2%80%9334_Station_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986560"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/building-at-30-34-station-street-85003250/"}