{"nrhp_refnum":"83003987","name":"Woodbridge Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3 and 7 Silver St., 25-82 Woodbridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"South Hadley","county":"Hampshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.26461900000007,"lon":-72.57249003242359,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of twenty-eight structures stretching about one-half mile along both sides of Woodbridge Street (Route 116) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, beginning at a small triangular park at Silver Street. Houses date from the early 18th century onward.","why_significant":"The street was the focal point of early South Hadley development and is tied to prominent early families such as the Whites and Woodbridges. It has well-preserved high-style 18th-century houses. It also reflects early 20th-century preservation work by Joseph A. Skinner, who restored houses and moved the Prescott Church and Schoolhouse here.","narrative":"Woodbridge Street in South Hadley has been the main road to Amherst since colonial times, and this half-mile residential district preserves much of its early character. Twenty-eight structures line the street, including eight from the 18th century, among them the Second Parsonage of about 1742, the 1787 Deacon Josiah White House, the 1788 Sycamores and the Federal-style Stebbins/Condit House of about 1795. White clapboard, similar scale and generous setbacks give the street a unified look. Early families, notably the Whites and the Woodbridges, shaped the settlement, which remained agricultural through the 19th century. In the 1920s silk manufacturer Joseph A. Skinner bought much of the street, hired architect Allen H. Cox to restore several houses, and moved the Prescott Church and Schoolhouse from a town cleared for the Quabbin Reservoir, creating a small village green. These layers of settlement, architecture and preservation give the district its significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Multiple; Allen H. Cox (architect for Joseph A. Skinner's 1920s restorations)","architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival and Victorian houses, with vernacular New England farmhouses","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as occupied; used as private residences and a museum (Skinner Museum), with condition rated excellent to good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.628749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7953/63795391/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83003987.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003987/105d05c084-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003987/105d05c084-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Stebbins_House,_September_2016,_South_Hadley_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Daniel_Stebbins_House,_September_2016,_South_Hadley_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795391","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032424"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county/woodbridge-street-historic-district-83003987/"}