{"nrhp_refnum":"88002011","name":"East Main-High Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Church, High, E. Main and Franklin Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenfield","county":"Franklin County","state":"MA","lat":42.58860750000005,"lon":-72.59592944141298,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 33-acre residential historic district just east of downtown Greenfield, Massachusetts, along East Main, High, Church, Park and Franklin Streets. It holds 60 contributing resources and 14 noncontributing ones, with buildings dating from about 1810 to the early 1920s.","why_significant":"The district is one of Greenfield's earliest residential neighborhoods and shows how its architecture changed over a century, from Federal and Greek Revival through Italianate, Stick, Queen Anne and Shingle styles to Classical Revival. Business, political and professional leaders built homes here as Greenfield grew into a county and regional center. Several houses are said to include designs by Asher Benjamin, and the district includes notable institutional buildings such as a Gothic Revival library and a church with early stained glass.","narrative":"East Main/High Street Historic District is a 33-acre residential neighborhood just east of downtown Greenfield, Massachusetts. It covers East Main, High, Church, Park and Franklin Streets and contains about 57 buildings, mostly houses, along with three churches, a library and a former automobile garage. Development began around 1810, and roughly half the buildings stood by the early 1870s. Business, political and professional families settled here as Greenfield grew into a county center. Their homes show a wide range of styles, including Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, Queen Anne, Shingle Style and Classical Revival. Several are said to contain designs by Asher Benjamin, and the builder Joseph Childs built a number of mid-century houses. Institutional landmarks include a Gothic Revival library designed by J. R. Richards of Boston and St. James Episcopal Church, whose stained glass is described as the oldest in the county. Some houses have been converted to professional offices, and a few modern or altered buildings are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Asher Benjamin (designs and pattern book details, said to be in several houses); Joseph Childs (builder); J. C. Currier of Holyoke (architect); J. R. Richards of Boston (architect, library)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely residential and well maintained; some houses are now used as professional offices, and some have later siding or additions. Two modern commercial intrusions and three altered houses are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.781941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7951/63795109/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88002011.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002011/6e20531c5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002011/6e20531c5b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GreenfieldMA_EastMainHighStreetHD.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:GreenfieldMA_EastMainHighStreetHD.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795109","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Main-High_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/franklin-county/east-main-high-street-historic-district-88002011/"}