{"nrhp_refnum":"89002356","name":"Giguere, Thomas, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Fairhaven Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.30898009100008,"lon":-71.79733594099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","European","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Colonial Revival three-decker residence at 18 Fairhaven Road in the Greendale section of northern Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1926. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"It represents the suburban, multi-family housing that characterized Greendale in the 1920s, when working-class ethnic families settled near nearby factories. It is also an unusually well-preserved and well-detailed example of Colonial Revival three-decker design from the last period of local three-decker construction.","narrative":"Built around 1926 at 18 Fairhaven Road in Worcester's Greendale neighborhood, this three-decker belongs to the final phase of three-family house construction in the area's suburban subdivisions. Streetcar connections and expanding industry had fueled a residential boom, and many Swedish families settled nearby through recruiting by the Norton Company. By the time this house went up, automobile commuting was spreading and the neighborhood was becoming more ethnically varied. The first owner was Thomas Giguere, a machinist, and early tenants included a molder, an assistant purchasing agent, a riveter and another machinist. Architecturally, the side-hall, gable-roofed building is clad in clapboard on the first story and shingle above. Its full-length porch rises to three tiers at the entry, topped by a pedimented portico and supported by triple columns. Triple windows and a column of three oriels on the west side add detail. The house is remarkably well preserved and was listed for both its neighborhood history and its design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is very good with no major alterations. A three-car garage stands on the lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.907105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7932/63793273/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002356/ca572320b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002356/ca572320b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_ThomasGiguereThreeDecker.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:WorcesterMA_ThomasGiguereThreeDecker.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793273","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Giguere_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7790023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/giguere-thomas-three-decker-89002356/"}