{"nrhp_refnum":"89002433","name":"Hadley, Gilbert, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Russell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.26298842500006,"lon":-71.81469701399993,"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 Stick style three-decker residence at 31 Russell Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1888, probably by the Hadley Company, carpenters and contractors.","why_significant":"The nomination links the building to the middle-class residential district that spread west from downtown Worcester in the late 19th century, in the Piedmont area. It also describes the house as a well-preserved and unusually detailed example of Stick style three-decker architecture, notable for its array of porches. It is considered significant at the local level under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built around 1888 at 31 Russell Street in Worcester, this wood-clapboard three-decker is an unusually well-preserved example of Stick style housing. It has a side-hall plan, an asymmetrical three-bay facade, a hip roof with a shed dormer, and bracketed cornices. Its most distinctive feature is its porchwork: a single-story porch crosses the front and wraps the side to reach full three-tier height, while a second three-tier porch projects from the opposite side. Chamfered posts, stick work balustrades, friezes and large cut brackets decorate them, and the display is described as unparalleled in Worcester. The house was probably built by the Hadley Company, carpenters and contractors, whose business address was next door. Gilbert S. Hadley, a carpenter, was the first known owner and lived here. Later residents included an optician, a policeman, a printer and a toolmaker, reflecting the middle-class neighborhood west of Crown Hill. The house stands on the western edge of that district and was recognized for this association and its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; possibly Herman or Gilbert Hadley; probably built by the Hadley Company, carpenters and contractors","architectural_style":"Stick style Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recorded as in excellent condition, with no major alterations and no outbuildings; 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 02:13:03.722274-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7934/63793415/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002433.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002433/2bd5dd0f53-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002433/2bd5dd0f53-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_Hadley_Three_Decker.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:Gilbert_Hadley_Three_Decker.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793415","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Hadley_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5560951"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/hadley-gilbert-three-decker-89002433/"}