{"nrhp_refnum":"89001322","name":"Dorothy Q Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 Butler Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25819736200003,"lon":-71.00674150999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick apartment building at 36 Butler Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1929 next to the historic Quincy Homestead (Dorothy Quincy House). It was designed by Graves and Epps and built by William G. Shaw.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a handsome example of Colonial Revival design and the finest of several brick apartment buildings Graves and Eppes designed in Quincy in the 1920s. Its construction was a direct result of Quincy's population growth in that decade. It is argued to meet Criteria A and C at the local level and to retain integrity.","narrative":"Dorothy Q Apartments is a brick apartment house at 36 Butler Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, completed in 1929 at a reported cost of $150,000. It was built by William G. Shaw, owner of a Quincy furniture company, and designed by the Boston firm Graves and Epps. The name comes from the neighboring Dorothy Quincy House. It was one of several brick apartment buildings raised near Quincy Center to house the city's rapidly growing population in the 1920s. The complex has two rectangular blocks joined at one end around a courtyard and offers 34 units. Georgian details in limestone, including corner quoins, keystones over windows and a modillioned cornice, relieve its blocky massing. The central entrance has a bracketed doorhood and a pedimented marble plaque bearing the name. It is considered the finest of the firm's Quincy apartment buildings, and it keeps its original design, materials and setting, with no major alterations and very good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Graves and Epps (also spelled Graves and Eppes), Boston architects; built by William G. Shaw","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as very good, with no major alterations and no outbuildings; in present use as an apartment building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.029694-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7925/63792540/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001322.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001322/f2a15b7c77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001322/f2a15b7c77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothy_Q_Apartments_Quincy_MA_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothy_Q_Apartments_Quincy_MA_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792540","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Q_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5298601"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/dorothy-q-apartments-89001322/"}