{"nrhp_refnum":"89001543","name":"Harrington Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"376--390 Moody St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.369566004000035,"lon":-71.23690138399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial block at 376-390 Moody Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1884-1885 to plans by civil engineer Charles F. Parks for Charles Harrington.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of the Panel Brick/Queen Anne style and one of the earliest surviving masonry blocks on Moody Street. It is tied to Moody Street's growth into Waltham's main shopping district, and to Charles Harrington, a bleachery employee, contractor and real estate speculator. It is also a well preserved block in a heavily altered commercial strip.","narrative":"Located at 376-390 Moody Street in Waltham, this three-story brick commercial block was built in 1884-1885 for Charles Harrington, a Boston Manufacturing Company Bleachery employee, contractor and real estate speculator. Plans were drawn by Charles F. Parks, a civil engineer. The building originally held four large stores on the ground floor and five tenements above. Its facades are divided by brick piers, with angled and raised brick courses, recessed window panels, a stepped corbel table and a central parapet gable holding a brownstone plaque reading \"Harrington Block, 1885.\" Although the storefronts and second-floor windows have been altered, the upper brickwork remains largely intact. The block is notable as one of the earliest surviving masonry buildings on Moody Street, which replaced earlier wood-frame shops and houses as Waltham's leading shopping district developed. Early tenants included a druggist, a candy maker and a hardware firm. It is listed for its Panel Brick/Queen Anne design and its place in the street's commercial growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C. F. Parks (Charles F. Parks, plans); Nicholas Roach (foundation)","architectural_style":"Panel Brick/Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the ground-floor storefronts have modern treatments and the second-story windows have been altered. Present use is a commercial block.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.309756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7919/63791967/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001543.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001543/a885801733-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001543/a885801733-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Joel Bradshaw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrington_Block,_376-390_Moody_St.,_Waltham,_Mass..jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Bradshaw</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrington_Block,_376-390_Moody_St.,_Waltham,_Mass..jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791967","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrington_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5664570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/harrington-block-89001543/"}