{"nrhp_refnum":"89001361","name":"Quincy Water Company Pumping Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"106 Penn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.23585845200006,"lon":-71.00700229999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small brick pumping station and a round brick-and-shingle well at 106 Penn Street in southwest Quincy, Massachusetts, built in 1883 for the Quincy Water Company.","why_significant":"The station is tied to Quincy's first public water supply and the growth of its utilities in the late 19th century. It is also described as a fine example of vernacular Italianate design. The form says it meets Criterion A on the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1883 on Penn Street in southwest Quincy, this small brick building served as the pumping station for the Quincy Water Company, the town's first public water supplier. A brick-enclosed well in the front yard tapped groundwater from the Town Brook watershed, and water was pumped to a standpipe on Penn's Hill for distribution. The cross-gabled building held an office, a shop and a superintendent's apartment. Its small scale gives it a residential look, and its ornament is limited to segmental arched window hoods, granite sills and a plain cornice board. A one-story brick extension with a corbelled cornice had been added by 1888. The city bought the station in 1892, joined the Metropolitan Water District in 1897, and stopped using the building after 1899. It is now privately owned and used for storage and manufacturing. It is recognized for its link to Quincy's late 19th-century utility development and its vernacular Italianate design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (vernacular)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair. Use of the pumping station was discontinued after 1899, and it is now privately owned and used for storage and manufacturing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.832446-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7925/63792506/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001361/6d6cdfabb9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001361/6d6cdfabb9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quincy_Water_Company_Pumping_Station_Site.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:Quincy_Water_Company_Pumping_Station_Site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792506","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Water_Company_Pumping_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7272196"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/quincy-water-company-pumping-station-89001361/"}