{"nrhp_refnum":"89001333","name":"Fore River Club House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Follett and Beechwood Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25031544400008,"lon":-70.97836931099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story red wooden clubhouse at Follett and Beechwood Streets in the Quincy Point section of Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1917 for Fore River Shipbuilding employees and designed by Gerald Schaefer, the City Engineer.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine vernacular example of a Shingle Style recreational building that keeps its integrity of design, location, materials, setting and feeling. It is also tied to the dominance of shipbuilding in Quincy during the World War One era. It is argued significant at the local level under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Overlooking Town River Bay at the end of a large playing field in Quincy Point, this long, red wooden clubhouse was completed in 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding division of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. The company, then Quincy's largest employer, built it as an educational and recreational center for its workers and hoped it would encourage healthful exercise. It originally held a ballroom, bowling alleys and a billiard room. The City of Quincy acquired it in 1925, and it now serves as a community center with Parks Department offices upstairs. Designed by city engineer Gerald Schaefer, the one-and-a-half story building has a low ridge roof, a wide cross gable, eyebrow dormers facing the water and a granite block chimney on a clipped south gable. Its form recalls the Shingle Style houses of the New England coast. A small flat-roofed addition from the 1930s does not seriously disrupt its integrity. It was listed for its architecture and its link to the wartime shipbuilding industry.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Gerald Schaefer (also spelled Schaeafer), City Engineer; built by the Fore River Shipbuilding division of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good; in use as a public recreational and community center, with Parks Department offices on the second floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.162833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7926/63792678/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001333/2e799d8fe7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001333/2e799d8fe7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fore_River_Club_House_Quincy_MA_01.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:Fore_River_Club_House_Quincy_MA_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792678","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_River_Club_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5468136"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/fore-river-club-house-89001333/"}