{"nrhp_refnum":"89002376","name":"Petterson,Lars-James Reidy Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Harlow St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.28352456300007,"lon":-71.79244895499994,"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 wood-frame, gambrel-roof Colonial Revival three-decker at 4 Harlow Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1910 as a multi-family residence. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it represents the middle-class streetcar suburb that grew along the Lincoln Street axis in the early 20th century. It is also an unusually well-preserved and well-detailed example of the gambrel-roof Colonial Revival three-decker. It was built by local contractor Lars Petterson as one of about six houses he developed in the Harlow Street area.","narrative":"Located at 4 Harlow Street in Worcester, this three-decker was built around 1910 as one of about six houses developed in the Harlow Street area by Lars Petterson, a local contractor who owned more than a dozen houses in the Lincoln Street and Greendale neighborhoods. It has a side-hall plan, wood clapboard siding, shingled gables and a gambrel roof with double cross-gable dormers and modillion blocks under the cornice. A two-tier porch with square posts and open balustrades sits beside a shallow two-story bay window. The house is described as remarkably well preserved and has no recorded major alterations. It reflects the middle-class streetcar suburb that grew along the Lincoln Street axis in the early 1900s, where white-collar workers and skilled tradesmen rented in multi-family homes. Early tenants included salesmen, clerks and a foreman. By 1924 the house was owned and occupied by James Reidy, an electrician. It was recognized for its neighborhood role and its well-detailed Colonial Revival design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; developed by Lars Petterson, a local contractor","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Gambrel) Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is described as very good, with no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.668919-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7932/63793263/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002376.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002376/ede9b38d45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002376/ede9b38d45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_LarsPettersonJamesReidyThreeDecker.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_LarsPettersonJamesReidyThreeDecker.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793263","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Petterson-James_Reidy_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6491691"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/petterson-lars-james-reidy-three-decker-89002376/"}