{"nrhp_refnum":"92000075","name":"Upper Worthington Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Upper Worthington Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"443--472 Taylor St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.113514000000066,"lon":-72.5819864954181,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Upper Worthington Historic District on the south side of Taylor Street (443-472 Taylor Street), Springfield, Massachusetts, adding five buildings: three 1912 brick apartment blocks, a 1917 two-story brick garage and a noncontributing warehouse.","why_significant":"The additions are tied to the early 20th century apartment district built by the Gagnier & Angers development firm and show the start of its Georgian Revival apartment development. The 1917 garage reflects Springfield's growth as an automobile manufacturing center and is among the earliest and best preserved of the city's two-story garages. The district meets criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Five properties along the south side of Taylor Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, were added to an existing apartment district. Four contribute: three brick apartment blocks at 443, 449 and 453 Taylor Street, built in 1912, and a two-story brick garage at 469-473 Taylor Street, built in 1917. The fifth, a one-story warehouse with a 1970s facade, does not contribute. The apartment blocks are three stories over a raised basement, with Georgian Revival details such as banded pilasters, concrete lintels and projecting cornices. They were the first completed buildings in the redevelopment of the former Kibbe Estate, and they were built by the developers Gagnier & Angers. The garage first housed an auto repair shop and a car dealer, reflecting the city's automobile boom. It is among the earliest and best preserved of Springfield's two-story garages. The buildings are currently vacant and deteriorated, with rehabilitation planned. The area is significant locally for architecture and for early 20th century residential development.","period_of_significance":"1912-1929","architect_builder":"Gagnier & Angers","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant, not in use. The apartment doors are boarded, the rear porches are extremely deteriorated, and rehabilitation was expected to begin within months.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.774475-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7952/63795253/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/92000075.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000075/f3f07a685a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000075/f3f07a685a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_View_Commons,_Springfield_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:City_View_Commons,_Springfield_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795253","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Worthington_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7899024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/upper-worthington-historic-district-boundary-increase-92000075/"}