{"nrhp_refnum":"89002446","name":"Levenson, Morris, Three-Decker","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38 Plantation St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25334931500004,"lon":-71.78166133299999,"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 38 Plantation Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built around 1920 as multi-family housing. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an unusually ornate example of the eastward spread of three-decker suburban development into the Plantation Street area in the 1910s and 1920s. It is also a remarkably well-preserved Colonial Revival three-decker with an elaborate array of details. It was judged significant at the local level.","narrative":"Built around 1920 at 38 Plantation Street in Worcester, this three-decker is a multi-family house in the Colonial Revival style. It belongs to a wave of eastward three-decker development in the 1910s and 1920s that produced a modest, ethnically mixed neighborhood. The wood-clad house has wide cut-shingle bands between the stories, a hip roof with an off-center front gable pediment holding a semi-circular light, and heavy modillion blocks under the cornice. An unusually wide three-tier porch rests on Doric columns that rise to shingle-covered arches, and the front window bay has floral stained glass. Its first known owner, Morris Levenson, was a clothing merchant who lived in the building. Tenants and later residents included a bookkeeper, a leather worker, chefs, a shipper and a pharmacist. It was listed for its local significance as an ornate, well-preserved example of its type and for its role in the area's growth. It has no outbuildings and has kept its original residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival Three-Decker","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential, the same as the original use. 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 02:13:04.925574-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7932/63793279/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002446/6ffcb6c8b8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002446/6ffcb6c8b8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Levenson_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:Morris_Levenson_3_Decker_Worcester_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793279","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levenson_Three-Decker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6913784"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/levenson-morris-three-decker-89002446/"}