{"nrhp_refnum":"85003415","name":"Hathaway Tenement","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311--321 River St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Adams","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.70359150500008,"lon":-73.11951175099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gable-roofed Greek Revival vernacular tenement row house at 311-321 River Street, North Adams, Massachusetts, built around 1850 by an unknown builder and now divided into six apartments.","why_significant":"It is described as the only known intact pre-Civil War row house for factory workers still standing in North Adams. It is also one of the few surviving structures tied to the city's early manufacturing history, specifically the Johnson & Hathaway mill enterprise on Brown Street. The form states it meets Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1850 on the north side of River Street in North Adams, this two-story clapboard tenement has a gable roof and is divided into six apartments. Its Greek Revival cornice with returns in each gable end marks its mid-century origins, while the porches at the front and rear entrances were added between 1908 and 1914 in the Arts and Crafts style. It was built as housing for mill workers by Nathaniel G. Hathaway and Sylvander Johnson, whose Brown Street mill grew into a small community with a company store and dwellings. Hathaway later lived in one of the apartments. A twin building next door was heavily enlarged and remodeled around 1900, leaving this one as the only known intact pre-Civil War row house for factory workers in the city. It is also the sole survivor of the original Johnson and Hathaway enterprise, and it retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival - vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is apartments; the building is divided into six apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.424509-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7892/63789273/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/85003415.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003415/4ebbf52879-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003415/4ebbf52879-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hathaway_Tenement,_North_Adams_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:Hathaway_Tenement,_North_Adams_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789273","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathaway_Tenement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5681465"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/hathaway-tenement-85003415/"}