{"nrhp_refnum":"89002360","name":"Bousquet, Henry, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8/10 Fairmont Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.260592874000054,"lon":-71.78004037699998,"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 double three-decker apartment house at 8/10 Fairmont Avenue in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1928 and possibly by carpenter Henry Bousquet.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects the growth of a suburban, multi-family, ethnic, working-class neighborhood in Bloomingdale in the 1920s. It is also a particularly well-preserved late double three-decker that represents the last phase of local Colonial Revival three-decker design.","narrative":"Built around 1928, this double three-decker at 8/10 Fairmont Avenue in Worcester's Bloomingdale neighborhood housed working-class families in a suburban area of multi-family homes. It has a hip roof, wood clapboard siding with shingle bands between stories, and a symmetrical front with a central entry. A three-tier porch with a pedimented gable, square columns, arched openings and open balustrades projects from the facade, and enclosed rear side entries carry matching gables. Windows use 4/1 and 6/1 sash, often in pairs and triples. The first known owner and probable builder was Henry Bousquet, a carpenter. By 1930 the tenants included Irish, French-Canadian and Swedish residents working as a monotype operator, a grinder, a salesman, a railroad yard foreman, a carpenter and a collector. The house was one of the last three-deckers built in the area and is notable as a well-preserved example of late Colonial Revival three-decker design. It was recognized for both its neighborhood history and its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"possibly Henry Bousquet","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good, with no major alterations; present use is residential, the same as the original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:12:59.764065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7933/63793315/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002360/e65704e4e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002360/e65704e4e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_HenryBousquetThreeDecker.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_HenryBousquetThreeDecker.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793315","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bousquet_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5718425"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/bousquet-henry-three-decker-89002360/"}