{"nrhp_refnum":"89001360","name":"Building at 1-7 Moscow Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1--7 Moscow St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.27494659100006,"lon":-71.02728178699994,"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 two-and-a-half story wood-frame apartment block at 1-7 Moscow Street, on the corner of Hancock Street in the Atlantic neighborhood of North Quincy, Massachusetts, built around the early 1900s by an unknown architect.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest example of an apartment building in Quincy and a well-preserved Shingle Style multiple-family dwelling. It also reflects Quincy's rapid residential growth at the turn of the century. It is argued to meet Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Moscow and Hancock Streets in the Atlantic section of North Quincy, this long two-and-a-half story apartment block dates from the early 1900s. It was built to house four families and stands near the railway on Hancock Street, one of very few residential buildings in a commercial area. Its wood frame, hipped roof and shingled walls follow the Shingle Style, with two dominant gambrel gables on the main facade, compact massing, and decorated shingle work at the eaves. Bracketed overhangs on the gables shelter two recessed double entrances. Few apartment buildings were built in Quincy compared with streetcar suburbs such as Somerville and Dorchester, and most of those rose in the newly subdivided North Quincy neighborhoods. This building is regarded as the best example of its type in the city. It retains its original design, materials and setting, and records show owners including William E. Harmon in 1907 and carpenter and blacksmith Martin Purin by 1928.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good, with no major alterations and no outbuildings; still used as a multiple-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.230379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7926/63792614/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001360/75e7c65513-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001360/75e7c65513-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_1_to_7_Moscow_Street_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:Building_at_1_to_7_Moscow_Street_Quincy_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_1%E2%80%937_Moscow_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/building-at-1-7-moscow-street-89001360/"}