{"nrhp_refnum":"89000574","name":"Building at 25-27 River Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25--27 River St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southbridge","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.08227563600008,"lon":-72.03870371099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-decker residence at 25-27 River Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, built around 1910 (dated from Sanborn maps) by an unknown architect. It is clapboard-sided, in Colonial Revival Vernacular style, and faces the Harrington Cutlery factory.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of the triple decker, a regional multi-family housing type, built as the town's eastern section grew. It reflects the plainer Classical style common in the 1910s and 1920s and is one of the best preserved three-deckers in the Hamilton Street area. It also relates to housing growth driven by the Hamilton Woolen Company.","narrative":"This three-decker at 25-27 River Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts, dates to about 1910 according to Sanborn maps. A clapboard-sided house in a Colonial Revival Vernacular style, it has no recorded major alterations and remains in good condition as a residence. It is one of two similar three-deckers side by side, and its severe Classical look is typical of the 1910s and 1920s. That plainness contrasts with the lacy porches on many three-deckers in the Flats, which were built ten to twenty years earlier. It is regarded as one of the best preserved three-deckers in the Hamilton Street area. It was one of a row of six three-deckers of differing designs built at about the same time on a large plot opposite the Hamilton Woolen Company's New Mill. The company stayed active when many New England textile mills were closing, and that sustained activity fed housing growth in Globe Village until a strike closed it in 1935.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival Vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is stated as good, with no major alterations and no outbuildings. It is still used as a three-decker residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.19499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/7930/63793075/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000574.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000574/bc1764cab4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000574/bc1764cab4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthbridgeMA_25-27_RiverStreet.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:SouthbridgeMA_25-27_RiverStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_25%E2%80%9327_River_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/building-at-25-27-river-street-89000574/"}