{"nrhp_refnum":"89000218","name":"Rockland Trust Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"288 Union St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockland","county":"Plymouth County","state":"MA","lat":42.13623642500005,"lon":-70.91588441599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick bank building at 288 Union Street, Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, built in 1917 and enlarged several times through 1974, designed by the Boston firm Thomas E. James & Co.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant under Criteria A and C. It reflects Rockland's rapid growth in the World War I era and its development as a town independent of Abington. It is also a major architectural landmark on the town's main commercial street, in the Georgian Revival style then popular for banks.","narrative":"Rockland Trust Company occupies the southwest corner of Union Street and Taunton Avenue in Rockland, Massachusetts. The bank was organized in 1907 and moved into this building in 1917, after growing quickly on the town's shoe-industry prosperity. Boston architect Thomas James, who specialized in banks, designed it in the Georgian Revival style, a choice meant to convey security. The original block is red brick laid in Flemish bond, trimmed with cast stone, with massive fluted columns and pilasters carrying a full entablature, a granite balustrade, and tall arched windows with scrolled keystones. Additions followed in the early 1920s, in 1947 and in 1974, most echoing the original detailing, while the 1974 rear addition is contemporary. The building was listed for its link to Rockland's growth during the World War I era and for its standing as a major architectural landmark on the town's principal commercial street.","period_of_significance":"1917-1923","architect_builder":"Thomas E. James & Co., Boston MA","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival (Later 19th & earlier 20th Century Revivals)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a bank; the form says the Trust Company is the largest bank in Rockland with about 20 branches in surrounding towns.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.923871-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7965/63796536/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000218.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000218/242aba05d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000218/242aba05d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RocklandMA_RocklandTrustBuilding.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:RocklandMA_RocklandTrustBuilding.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796536","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockland_Trust_Company_(building)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7355462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/plymouth-county/rockland-trust-company-89000218/"}