{"nrhp_refnum":"93000007","name":"Prospect-Gaylord Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, Prospect St. from Northampton Rd. to Hallock St. and Gaylord and Amity Sts. W from Prospect toward Lincoln Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Hampshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.37623800000003,"lon":-72.52234732721115,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Amherst, Massachusetts, along North and South Prospect Street, Gaylord Street and Amity Street, one block west of the town center. It contains 58 contributing and 10 noncontributing buildings, mostly houses from the 1820s through the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The neighborhood is a remarkably intact group of 19th century houses close to the active downtown. It grew from the 1820s as artisan, business and professional families bought small lots divided from agricultural parcels, many sold to benefit Amherst College and the Academy. It shows Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne styles in sequence.","narrative":"Prospect, Gaylord and Amity Streets form a residential neighborhood one block west of Amherst's central business district. The area took shape in the 1820s, when small lots along Amity and South Prospect Streets were divided from larger farm parcels, many sold by College and Academy trustees to artisans such as cabinetmakers, a shoemaker and a carpenter. Greek Revival houses, including the brick Solomon Pitkin House of about 1833, cluster along Amity Street. Later in the century, business families built Italianate and Queen Anne houses on North Prospect Street, and Gaylord Street lots were developed around 1900. The district counts 58 contributing and 10 noncontributing buildings. Only one residential building postdates 1940, and only four older houses lost their character through insensitive remodeling. A funeral home, dentists' offices and the American Legion occupy a few buildings, and many houses are now apartments. Its intact 19th century streetscape beside a busy downtown is the main reason for its recognition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Warren S. Howland (builder, probably of the Carter, Nims and Pitkin houses)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Italianate; Colonial Revival (also Queen Anne and Federal examples)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly residential and still in use; some buildings house a funeral home, dentists' offices and the American Legion, and many are divided into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.937662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7954/63795453/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/93000007.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000007/857b81bfc5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000007/857b81bfc5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_house_on_North_Prospect_St,_Amherst_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_house_on_North_Prospect_St,_Amherst_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795453","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect-Gaylord_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county/prospect-gaylord-historic-district-93000007/"}