{"nrhp_refnum":"10000161","name":"Shelburne Falls Historic District (Boundary Increase 2010)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"roughly bounded by Deerfield River, Bridge St., MA Route 2 and Arms Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shelburne","county":"Franklin County","state":"MA","lat":42.609320000000054,"lon":-72.7347408454616,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Shelburne Falls Historic District covering about 163 acres of a mostly residential, 19th-century industrial village neighborhood in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, with 360 resources, most of them buildings.","why_significant":"The expansion area keeps the look of a densely settled industrial village, with houses, churches, schools and a cemetery that reflect the village's peak prosperity from about 1850 to 1900. It also holds homes tied to local inventors, manufacturers and tradespeople, including lockmaker Linus Yale Jr. and photographer Jonas King Patch.","narrative":"This neighborhood of about 163 acres in Shelburne, Massachusetts, lies northeast of the original Shelburne Falls historic core and extends the district to include its largely residential surroundings. It contains 360 resources, mostly modest wood-frame houses with connected barns, along with churches, former schools, a lodge hall, a gymnasium and the 31.6-acre Arms Cemetery. Contributing buildings date from about 1784 to the 1950s, with most built between 1850 and 1900, when the village was prospering. Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne styles predominate. The area is tied to local industry and invention. Lockmaker Linus Yale Jr. bought a Gothic Revival house at 3 South Maple Street, Joseph W. Gardner held patents for cutlery improvements, and Jonas King Patch operated a photography business from the district. Mayhew tool manufacturing also left its mark on the area. The district was extended because it preserves the character of a dense, 19th-century industrial village.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1784-1960","architect_builder":"Harry L. Sprague (Congregational Church, 1928); Arthur Elbridge (Cowell Gymnasium, 1937); Jonas King Patch built his own house at 5 Maple Street","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Octagon Mode, Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are described as generally in good condition. Some properties are vacant, including the Sweetheart Restaurant and several industrial buildings on Deerfield Avenue. Other institutional buildings have been reused.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.376622-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7951/63795117/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10000161.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000161/f7dea3c09a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000161/f7dea3c09a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ToddC4176 (talk)","credit_html":"ToddC4176 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_of_Flowers.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795117","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_Falls,_Massachusetts","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493324"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/franklin-county/shelburne-falls-historic-district-boundary-increase-2010-10000161/"}