{"nrhp_refnum":"92000356","name":"Trinity Neighborhood House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"406 Meridian St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.37992755400006,"lon":-71.06394016899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trinity Neighborhood House is a two-and-a-half-story red brick Greek Revival single-family house at 406 Meridian Street in the Eagle Hill section of East Boston, built about 1848 for Noah Sturtevant.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A because Sturtevant, a leading figure in East Boston's commercial and industrial development, built it, and because from 1917 it served as a pioneering social service provider for Trinity Church in Boston. Under Criterion C, it is a notable example of Greek Revival domestic architecture with added Egyptian Revival detail.","narrative":"Built around 1848 for Noah Sturtevant, a leading figure in East Boston's commercial and industrial growth, this red brick house at 406 Meridian Street sits on a hillside in the Eagle Hill section. It has a granite foundation, brownstone trim, a slate roof, semi-circular bays and six pedimented dormers. The design is mainly Greek Revival, with Egyptian Revival touches such as palm-leaf bands beneath the porch column capitals and battered granite fence posts. Inside, a spiral staircase and monumental door and window surrounds stand out. In 1917 the house became Trinity Neighborhood House, run by Trinity Church in Boston as a social service provider. Its earlier incarnation, founded in 1881, offered classes in cooking, sewing and housekeeping, a day nursery and other aid, following the settlement house movement. The house had stood empty for about 11 years at the time of nomination, with fire damage from 1985 and deteriorated interiors.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1848-1941","architect_builder":"Noah Sturtevant (builder/original owner); architect listed as N/A","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival, with occasional Egyptian Revival references","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building was unoccupied for about 11 years, with peeling paint, cracked plaster, boarded windows and fire damage from 1985. Current function is listed as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.799354-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/7970/63797006/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/92000356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000356/91a3c72675-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000356/91a3c72675-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Neighborhood_House,_East_Boston_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</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:Trinity_Neighborhood_House,_East_Boston_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797006","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Neighborhood_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715890"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/trinity-neighborhood-house-92000356/"}