{"nrhp_refnum":"89002396","name":"Delsignore, Louis, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12 Imperial Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.271655708000026,"lon":-71.77688950999993,"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 three-decker residential building at 12 Imperial Road in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1916 with a stucco exterior. Architect is unknown.","why_significant":"It is tied to the Italian-immigrant, working-class, multi-family community that grew eastward along the Shrewsbury Street corridor in the early 20th century. It is also the only Worcester three-decker with a fully stucco-finished exterior, with unusual window bays and decorative moldings on its porch openings.","narrative":"Built around 1916 at 12 Imperial Road in Worcester, this three-decker is notable as the city's only example finished entirely in stucco. It follows the typical side-hall plan, with an asymmetrical facade and a three-tier porch at one end. Porch openings on each story have unusual arches with hood molds, and the first story adds a central keystone. A shallow curved three-story bay flanks the porch, and a second curved bay projects from the side wall. Windows are single and paired with 6/1 sash. The house also reflects the northeast growth of Worcester's Italian community along Shrewsbury Street in the early twentieth century. Its first known owner, Louis Delsignore, was a mason who may have applied the stucco. A real estate broker owned it in 1920, and Delsignore again owned and lived in it by 1930. Tenants over the years included laborers, a molder, a bricklayer, a fruit dealer and a barber.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition with no major alterations; present use is residential, with a garage as an outbuilding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.970789-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/7934/63793421/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002396.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002396/ffa45c28c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002396/ffa45c28c1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorcesterMA_LouisDelsignoreThreeDecker.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_LouisDelsignoreThreeDecker.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793421","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Delsignore_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6687008"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/delsignore-louis-three-decker-89002396/"}