{"nrhp_refnum":"86001575","name":"Craigie Arms","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2--6 University Rd., 122 Mt. Auburn, and 6 Bennett Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37281039800007,"lon":-71.12321779599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Craigie Arms is a four-story Georgian Revival apartment building at 2-6 University Road, 122 Mt. Auburn Street and 6 Bennett Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just west of Harvard and Brattle Squares. It was built in 1897-1898 to a design by Josephine Wright Chapman.","why_significant":"The building responded to Cambridge's rapidly growing demand for apartments near Harvard Square and public transportation. It is a modest but well-detailed example of the Georgian Revival style. It is also the earliest known commission of Josephine Wright Chapman, one of the first women to practice independently as an architect in New England.","narrative":"Craigie Arms is a large red brick apartment block with limestone trim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, half a block from Brattle Square. Permits issued in 1897 covered 36 apartments in five connected buildings, each with its own entrance, though the design reads as one unified block. Four stories tall, it is divided into a limestone-trimmed base, a middle section of brick, and a deep wooden Corinthian cornice. Rounded turrets mark the corners and flank a central courtyard on University Road. The building was designed by Josephine Wright Chapman, her earliest known commission and a sign of her place among the first successful women architects in New England. It rose as Cambridge's population grew and Harvard Square developed with larger masonry buildings. By 1900 it served as a private student dormitory, and the rear courtyard once held a swimming tank. Its interior was later subdivided into 60 units and recently rehabilitated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Josephine Wright Chapman","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and undergoing rehabilitation for office and residential space; the interior was subdivided in the 1950s and 1960s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.237652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/7916/63791650/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001575/5d84f55b0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001575/5d84f55b0d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Craigie_Arms,_6_Bennett_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4336.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Craigie_Arms,_6_Bennett_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_-_IMG_4336.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791650","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigie_Arms","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5181689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/craigie-arms-86001575/"}