{"nrhp_refnum":"89001516","name":"Eastern Middlesex County Second District Court","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Linden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37782349200006,"lon":-71.22444144699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district courthouse at 38 Linden Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1938-1940 to designs by architect Charles R. Greco. It is a yellow brick and cast stone Art Deco building.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Waltham's most full-blown example of the Art Deco style and one of three Art Deco buildings in the city. It also reflects an expansion of the county court system and the work of Boston/Cambridge architect Charles R. Greco. It is argued to meet criteria A and C and to retain integrity.","narrative":"Built between 1938 and 1940 at 38 Linden Street, this Waltham courthouse serves the Eastern Middlesex County Second District Court and is the city's fullest expression of Art Deco design. Boston and Cambridge architect Charles R. Greco designed it in yellow brick and cast stone, with a projecting center pavilion and side wings. A broad flight of stairs leads to heavy metal double doors, flanked by stone shoulders that carry Art Deco lamps on ram's head bases. Tall vertical window bays, glass-brick openings, and a skylight on a stepped cast stone platform mark the center pavilion, while the lobby has mosaic tile walls. The building was the dream of Judge P. Sarsfield Cuneff, and 750 people attended its dedication on April 22, 1940. It also marks the growth of the county court system, whose first Middlesex district court dates from the mid-19th century in Cambridge. It was listed for its architecture and its role in local court history, and it retains its original location, design, and materials.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles R. Greco","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recorded as in good condition, with no major alterations and no outbuildings; present use is institutional.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:02.351822-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7915/63791552/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001516.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001516/168326dc6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001516/168326dc6a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Middlesex_County_Second_District_Court.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</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:Eastern_Middlesex_County_Second_District_Court.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Middlesex_County_Second_District_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5330311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/eastern-middlesex-county-second-district-court-89001516/"}