{"nrhp_refnum":"99000635","name":"Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by High St., Mansur St., Concord R., and Lowell Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lowell","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.63366856000005,"lon":-71.29515410756139,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 64-acre residential historic district in the eastern part of Lowell, Massachusetts, centered on the 34-acre Rogers Fort Hill Park and the former Zadock Rogers Farm. Most of its 199 resources date from the 1880s to the 1920s.","why_significant":"The district reflects the subdivision of the Rogers Farm and the speculative development of one of Lowell's fashionable residential neighborhoods from the 1880s to the 1920s. It retains a strong mix of Queen Anne, Shingle, and Colonial Revival houses around a public park. The park was designed by two well-regarded landscape firms, Ernest W. Bowditch and the Olmsted Brothers, and several buildings are by Lowell architect Frederick W. Stickney.","narrative":"Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District is a residential neighborhood of about 64 acres in eastern Lowell, organized around a 34-acre public park. The land was once the Zadock Rogers Farm. After the farm was subdivided, houses went up quickly between the 1880s and 1920s, producing streets lined with Queen Anne, Shingle Style, and Colonial Revival homes, with a few Tudor, Medieval, and Arts and Crafts examples. The 1837-38 Greek Revival Zadock Rogers House, now Rogers Hall, is the oldest building. The park has two parts: a steep, wooded upper hill laid out by Ernest W. Bowditch with an 1886 granite gateway, and a lower lawn designed by the Olmsted Brothers between 1904 and 1911. Lowell architect Frederick W. Stickney designed several buildings, including the Moody School and the Elizabeth Rogers House. Of 199 resources, 181 contribute to the district's character. Its street grid, park layout, and consistent residential character remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick W. Stickney (architect); Ernest W. Bowditch and Olmsted Brothers (landscape designers)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly in good to excellent condition; one large High Street home is vacant and boarded, awaiting rehabilitation as a shelter. Most homes remain single or two-family residences, and the Zadock Rogers House is now a rest home.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.595281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7958/63795800/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/99000635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000635/457a4a0bab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000635/457a4a0bab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LowellMA_FortHillPark.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LowellMA_FortHillPark.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795800","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Fort_Hill_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7359277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/rogers-fort-hill-park-historic-district-99000635/"}