{"nrhp_refnum":"89002326","name":"Hotel Waverly","other_names":["Touraine Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1162--1166 Acushnet Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bedford","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.65723312500006,"lon":-70.92670673699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-01-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-one-half story Queen Anne commercial and residential building at 1162-1166 Acushnet Avenue in the north end of New Bedford, Massachusetts, built in 1901 and designed by local architect Samuel C. Hunt. It was later known as the Touraine Hotel.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant for its association with the residential and commercial growth of New Bedford's north end during the textile boom. It was built and first owned by French-Canadian immigrants, illustrating the Franco-American presence in the city. It also embodies distinctive characteristics of its era's architecture, designed by locally prominent architect Samuel C. Hunt.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at the corner of Acushnet Avenue and Beetle Street in New Bedford's north end, this Queen Anne building began as a four-apartment block with two storefronts below. A round, cantilevered corner tower with a conical roof, shingled dormers, dentil cornice and fluted pilasters mark its exterior. Samuel C. Hunt, a local architect, designed it for Jean B. Jean, a Canadian-born businessman and real estate developer. In 1911 it became a hotel and cabaret, and in 1922 it took the name Touraine Hotel. The building reflects the growth that followed the city's cotton textile industry, which drew many French-Canadian immigrants to the surrounding neighborhood. Interstate construction in 1961 destroyed many nearby buildings, which adds to the importance of this survivor. After years of vacancy, fire and water damage, it was being rehabilitated for affordable housing, with roofing, siding and windows replaced in kind and the marble staircase retained.","period_of_significance":"1901-1930","architect_builder":"Hunt, Samuel C.","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Nearly vacant and partially boarded up since the mid-1970s; undergoing renovation into 26 low-to-moderate-income housing units at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.186365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7944/63794416/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002326/39f159266a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002326/39f159266a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBedfordMA_HotelWaverly.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBedfordMA_HotelWaverly.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794416","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Waverly_(New_Bedford,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5912109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/hotel-waverly-89002326/"}