{"nrhp_refnum":"91001824","name":"North Amherst Center Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1184--1136 N. Pleasant St., 1--39 Pine St., 11--13 Meadow St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Hampshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.40960200000006,"lon":-72.53051523084306,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19th-century nucleated village center in North Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, at the crossroads of North Pleasant, Pine and Meadow Streets, with 43 contributing buildings and one structure built from 1821 to the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The district has been the civic, religious and commercial center of North Amherst since 1821, and its built environment has changed little since the early 19th century. It preserves Federal, Greek Revival and Queen Anne buildings, including a church, meeting hall, library, school, tavern and farmstead-style houses. Its history reflects a farming village with local mills, temperance and anti-slavery activity, and scientific agriculture.","narrative":"North Amherst Center is a village at the junction of North Pleasant, Pine and Meadow Streets in Amherst, Massachusetts. Church, meeting hall, library, school, fire station, tavern and general store have clustered here since 1821, and the area looks much as it did in the early 19th century. Wood-frame buildings dominate, with granite foundations and many original slate roofs. Houses on the west side of North Pleasant Street are large farmsteads with attached barns and carriage sheds. The architecture ranges from the brick Federal Cowles House to Greek Revival cottages, a Queen Anne library designed by Roswell F. Putnum in 1893, a brick school of about 1887, and early 20th-century Four-Square houses. The district is significant as the civic, religious and commercial heart of a farming community. Mills along the Mill River supplemented farming, and church members were active in temperance, anti-slavery work and a young men's lyceum. The district has 43 contributing buildings and one contributing structure.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Roswell F. Putnum (North Amherst Library, 1893)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Craftsman, Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The Old Fire Station on Pine Street was last used in 1971 and is vacant; the Olivia Dickinson House is used as a restaurant and apartments; the church, meeting hall, library and houses remain in their historic uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.08203-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7953/63795365/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/91001824.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001824/48ad4caa70-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001824/48ad4caa70-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Congregational_Church,_North_Amherst_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:North_Congregational_Church,_North_Amherst_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795365","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Amherst_Center_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7053937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county/north-amherst-center-historic-district-91001824/"}