{"nrhp_refnum":"89002384","name":"Drew, Elvira, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42 Abbott St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26246177200005,"lon":-71.82146252099994,"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 apartment house at 42 Abbott Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1904 by an unknown architect. It was built as a residence and is still used as one.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it represents the westward extension of three-decker development into Worcester's fashionable residential area in the early 20th century. It is also an unusually well-preserved and well-detailed local example of Colonial Revival detailing on a three-decker. It meets criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built around 1904 at 42 Abbott Street in Worcester, this Colonial Revival three-decker is a well-preserved example of a housing type common in the city. It has a side-hall plan with a jog, wood clapboard siding, shingle bands between stories, and an unusual cross-gable roof. The asymmetrical facade features a three-tier porch with slender Tuscan columns under a pedimented portico, a three-story bay window with floral stained glass, and paired brackets along the cornice. The house stands where three-decker development reached the western edge of the city's West Side, near a more fashionable residential zone. Early tenants were largely white-collar workers such as salesmen, a nurse, a cashier, a stenographer, a bookkeeper and a manager. In the 1920s the building was owned and occupied by the Hoey family. It was listed for its representative role in this westward expansion and for the quality of its Colonial Revival detailing, with no significant alterations recorded.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good, with no major alterations; present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.554189-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7932/63793267/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002384.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002384/e5c56ff80f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002384/e5c56ff80f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvira_Drew_3_Decker_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvira_Drew_3_Decker_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793267","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira_Drew_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5368114"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/drew-elvira-three-decker-89002384/"}