{"nrhp_refnum":"89001570","name":"Waltham Water Works Shop","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"92 Felton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waltham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37345447400003,"lon":-71.24068301599993,"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 two-story brick municipal workshop with a basement at 92 Felton Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, built in 1894 for the city's water works and designed by L.C. Abbott.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a unique part of Waltham's turn-of-the-century municipal building campaign that followed the town's incorporation as a city in 1884. It is also described as an extremely well-preserved utilitarian building with some Queen Anne features and structural systems that were progressive for 1894. It meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 92 Felton Street, this brick workshop served Waltham's water works. The city approved $10,000 that September for a new workshop and stable, and construction began on October 1, 1894. The main block measures five bays by four bays, with red brick walls, six-over-six wood windows and rock-faced granite sills and lintels. A date plaque reads 1894, and a small stone pediment carries three interlocking W's for Waltham Water Works. The building used forward-looking methods for its time, including a cemented basement floor and a first floor of expanded iron and cement carried on steel channels and I-beams. It was designed by L.C. Abbott, listed as a carpenter in 1880s city directories. It belongs to a group of municipal buildings, including fire and police stations, raised after Waltham became a city in 1884 to serve a growing population. It is now used as a dog pound and remains well preserved.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"L.C. Abbott","architectural_style":"Late 19th C. masonry utilitarian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good to excellent; it has been renovated for use as a dog pound with no major exterior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.948691-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7917/63791787/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001570.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001570/66e371008c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001570/66e371008c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Waltham_Water_Works_Shop.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waltham_MA_Waltham_Water_Works_Shop.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63791787","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_Water_Works_Shop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966619"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/waltham-water-works-shop-89001570/"}