{"nrhp_refnum":"89001348","name":"Elks Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1218--1222 Hancock St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.25265932900004,"lon":-71.00414134999994,"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 three-story brick and limestone Colonial Revival building at 1218-1222 Hancock Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1924 as the Elks Lodge and now used for offices and retail stores.","why_significant":"It dates from the 1920s, a period of commercial and institutional expansion in Quincy Center, and is among the city's best examples of Colonial Revival style used for an institutional building. It was designed by J. William Beal and Sons and retains integrity of design, location, feeling and association. It meets Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1924 at 1218-1222 Hancock Street, this three-story brick building was constructed as the home of the Quincy Elks Lodge No. 943. Boston architects J. William Beal and Sons designed it in the Colonial Revival style. The five-bay facade has limestone-faced storefronts on either side of a recessed central entrance framed by Doric columns and topped by a wrought iron balcony. Arched second-floor windows with wooden fan motifs surround a central Palladian window, and a modillioned cornice and balustraded parapet finish the top. The lodge was founded in 1905, and the building rose during the 1920s redevelopment of Quincy Center, after Hancock Street was widened and older frame structures were removed. A 1985-86 renovation restored the storefronts and extended the third floor to the rear without harming the building's architectural integrity. It is regarded as one of Quincy's most elaborate and best preserved institutional buildings, and it now houses offices and shops.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J. William Beal and Sons","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is stated as good; present use is offices and retail stores. Storefronts were restored and a rear third-floor section added in a 1985-86 renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.180053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7925/63792542/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001348.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001348/fd6484d55b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001348/fd6484d55b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elks_Building_Quincy_MA.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:Elks_Building_Quincy_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elks_Building_(Quincy,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/elks-building-89001348/"}