{"nrhp_refnum":"90002217","name":"Springfield Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Valentine School"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Springfield St., Gaylord St. and Fairview Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicopee","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.144254000000046,"lon":-72.6034784179972,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Art","Education","European","Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district on a hill overlooking the Chicopee River and Chicopee Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts, centered on Springfield Street and Fairview Avenue/South Street. It includes houses, churches, a cemetery, and a few industrial buildings, mostly dating from 1830 to 1930.","why_significant":"The district shows how Chicopee grew as an industrial city in the 19th century, with modest workers' houses standing near the mansions of industrialists, merchants and professionals. It has a wide range of architectural styles, with Greek Revival predominating, and four churches that grew with their parishes. It is also associated with local builders and with industrial families such as the Mosmans, noted for bronze casting.","narrative":"Springfield Street Historic District occupies a hill above the Chicopee River and the mill area of Chicopee Center, Massachusetts. It holds about 200 principal buildings, many outbuildings, four churches and Maple Grove Cemetery, with most construction dating from 1830 to 1930. Development began after industrialists from Boston harnessed the river's water power in the 1830s. Small Greek Revival houses were built on the lower, northern streets for mill overseers, machinists and tradespeople. Larger Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes followed on the upper slope for wealthier residents. The pattern moves from tight, urban streets toward spacious, suburban lots, though modest and grand houses often stand close together. Builder Charles McClallan shaped much of the area, including the Gilmore carriage shops, later used by a bronze foundry. The district is valued as a record of Chicopee's industrial growth. Many large houses remain well preserved, while vernacular buildings have often been altered by siding and additions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles McClallan (builder of many residential and industrial buildings in the district)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival predominant; also Federal, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival and others","criteria":[],"status_note":"About a quarter of primary structures have been altered enough to be non-contributing; larger high-style homes are generally well preserved, while many vernacular buildings have been altered by synthetic siding and additions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.203619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7953/63795313/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90002217.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002217/6b13c286fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002217/6b13c286fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChicopeeMA_ChristsCommunityChurch.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:ChicopeeMA_ChristsCommunityChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795313","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7581058"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/springfield-street-historic-district-90002217/"}