The Helen Copley House is designated under HRB Criterion B for its association with Helen K. Copley, prominent local and national publisher, philanthropist, and wife of James S. Copley. This house was the only real property she purchased in her name only and for which she held sole title at the time her newspaper won one of two Pulitzer Prizes awarded under her tenure, a high point in her productive life. The house’s period of significance is 1981 to 2004.