{"nrhp_refnum":"82004942","name":"Forest Park Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off MA 21","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.08515350000005,"lon":-72.57022046114496,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A turn-of-the-century planned residential district of about 700 structures on 172 acres in southwestern Springfield, Massachusetts, overlooking the confluence of the Westfield and Connecticut rivers, next to Forest Park. It was developed in three sections from about 1890 to the 1920s.","why_significant":"The district is significant as a large, well-preserved residential development reflecting the middle-class lifestyle of Springfield's golden age in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its developers deliberately varied house designs while keeping uniform scale, setback and density, so that many residents could be housed in a stylish but affordable way. It retains integrity of location, design, materials and setting, and the nomination argues it meets criterion C.","narrative":"Forest Park Heights is a planned residential neighborhood of roughly 700 buildings on 172 acres in southwestern Springfield, beside Forest Park. It grew in three stages between about 1890 and the 1920s, led by the Mutual Investment Company, the Forest Park Heights Company under Louis F. Newman, and lumber dealer D.L. Swan. The developers set cost minimums and uniform setbacks on lots, yet aimed for no two houses to be alike. The result is a mix of Queen Anne, Shingle, Arts and Crafts, Georgian Revival and Tudor Revival homes, along with some two- and three-family houses and brick apartment blocks. Landscaping was part of the plan, including the long, tree-planted Magnolia Terrace, small parks and bronze statuary, some of which has since been lost. The district was recognized for its architecture and its illustration of Springfield's prosperous, middle-class suburban growth, and it has kept its original scale, density and street plantings.","period_of_significance":"1893-1915","architect_builder":"Mutual Investment Company; Forest Park Heights Company","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Shingle, Stick, Arts and Crafts, Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good and altered; the district is described as virtually intact, with few intrusions of newer buildings or non-residential uses. It has been a local historic district since 1975.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.25856-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/7951/63795173/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82004942.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004942/386ae8c668-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004942/386ae8c668-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpringfieldMA_ForestParkHD_4.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:SpringfieldMA_ForestParkHD_4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park,_Springfield,_Massachusetts","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/forest-park-heights-historic-district-82004942/"}