{"nrhp_refnum":"89002423","name":"Hall, Charles A., Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"68 Mason St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25734933700005,"lon":-71.82062825699995,"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 Queen Anne style three-decker residence at 68 Mason Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1896. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents the westward spread of multi-family housing from downtown Worcester in the late 19th century as factory and business jobs grew. It is also described as a remarkably well-preserved example of Queen Anne design in local three-decker construction. It is judged significant at the local level under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1896 at 68 Mason Street in Worcester, this three-decker sits at the southern edge of a cluster of similar houses along Dewey and Bancroft Streets, in a mixed neighborhood of cottages, three-deckers and factories southwest of downtown. It was first owned by Charles A. Hall, a salesman, and stayed in the Hall family until about 1920. Early residents included a machinist, a shipper, an engineer, a conductor and a razor maker. The wood clapboard and cut shingle building has a side-hall plan, an asymmetrical facade, a projecting porch with turned posts and curved brackets, and a squared bay with paired windows and a gable. That bay form was uncommon in the city's southern part. Bracketed cornices and stained glass stairwell windows survive, and no major alterations are recorded. It was listed for representing the westward growth of multi-family housing and for its well-preserved Queen Anne design, at the local level.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne style Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is described as excellent, with no major alterations and no outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.627777-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7933/63793349/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002423.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002423/46b614e84f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002423/46b614e84f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:68_Mason_St,_Worcester_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:68_Mason_St,_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Hall_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5074841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/hall-charles-a-three-decker-89002423/"}