{"nrhp_refnum":"86001312","name":"Peabody Court Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41--43 Linnaean St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.38349995900006,"lon":-71.12467151799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Peabody Court Apartments is a four-story brick apartment building at 41-43 Linnaean Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1922 to designs by H. Harlow.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a particularly well-designed example of the courtyard-type apartment building, a form introduced by Ralph Adams Cram at Richmond Court in Brookline (1898) and widely followed in Cambridge. It also reflects growing demand for apartment housing near public transportation along Massachusetts Avenue.","narrative":"Peabody Court Apartments is a four-story, H-plan brick apartment building at 41-43 Linnaean Street in Cambridge, completed in 1922 from designs by H. Harlow. Set well back from the street and landscaped, it has many bays and projections, a rusticated first story, limestone corner quoins, sills and keystone lintels, a belt course, and a wooden cornice with a brick parapet. Windows are generally six-over-six. The land stayed an open field until 1916, though most of the surrounding neighborhood was laid out in 1886. Its location near Massachusetts Avenue reflects rising demand for apartments close to public transportation, a trend seen earlier at the Montrose and the Dunvegan (1898). The building follows the courtyard apartment type first used by Ralph Adams Cram at Richmond Court in Brookline (1898) and later taken up in Cambridge by Newhall and Blevins. It was listed as a particularly well-designed example of that type, and it remains in residential use with no major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. Harlow","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present and original use is residential; no major alterations recorded.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.831075-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/7906/63790647/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001312.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001312/f645379c8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001312/f645379c8f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peabody_Court_Apartments,_41-43_Linnaean_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4541.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peabody_Court_Apartments,_41-43_Linnaean_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4541.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790647","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Court_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7157228"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/peabody-court-apartments-86001312/"}