{"nrhp_refnum":"83000734","name":"Ames Manufacturing Company","other_names":["Ames Mills"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5-7 Springfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicopee","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.14964718650006,"lon":-72.6061143980748,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An industrial mill complex of 19 interconnected brick buildings on about five acres between the Chicopee River and the Chicopee Power Canal at 5-7 Springfield Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts, built in stages between 1847 and 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex reflects Chicopee's dramatic growth as a 19th-century industrial center. Its buildings show changes in industrial technology and construction from the mid-19th to early 20th century. It retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, location and setting.","narrative":"Along the Chicopee River and the Chicopee Power Canal, nineteen linked brick buildings form an H-shaped factory complex built between 1847 and 1915. Heavy timber columns and beams sit inside load-bearing brick walls, and shared proportions, multipane windows and brick dentil cornices give the group a consistent look. A few buildings, including the counting room and a canal-facing shop, add Greek Revival pilasters and pediments, while the central tower carries a Romanesque Revival top stage. The site grew from the Ames Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1834, which made edge tools, swords, cannon, machinery and other goods and helped drive Chicopee's industrial rise. In 1908 A.G. Spalding and Brothers bought the largely idle factory, added space including Building 16, and produced sporting goods there until 1948. The complex has stayed largely intact and illustrates changing industrial technology and the development of Chicopee.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Charles McClallan","architectural_style":"Typical New England mill construction, with late Greek Revival (Buildings 2 and 8) and Romanesque Revival (tower top) elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied; the buildings have been rented to various tenants since Spalding sold them in 1948.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.157151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7953/63795337/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000734.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000734/ce523f1848-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000734/ce523f1848-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ames_Privilege,_Chicopee_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Ames_Privilege,_Chicopee_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Manufacturing_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4745877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/ames-manufacturing-company-83000734/"}