{"nrhp_refnum":"99001080","name":"Huntington Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly along E. Main, Main, Russell, Upper Russell and Basket Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington","county":"Hampshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.23550600000007,"lon":-72.8813048334923,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A village historic district in Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, centered on Main, East Main, Russell, Upper Russell and Basket Streets in the valley of the Westfield River's West Branch. It covers almost 62 acres with 118 contributing and 31 noncontributing resources.","why_significant":"The district is argued to preserve a diverse, well-kept collection of high-style and vernacular buildings from the mid-19th to mid-20th century. It is notable for its three temple-front Greek Revival houses with colossal octagonal porticos, the Federal-style Wade House, and Italianate, Stick and Gothic buildings. Together they show the village's growth as the town's governmental and industrial center and the region's commercial center.","narrative":"Huntington Village is a compact town center in the narrow valley of the Westfield River's West Branch, in southwestern Hampshire County. Laid out around two major 18th and 19th century routes, a river bridge and railroad tracks, it combines a small commercial Main Street, a triangular public park lined with institutions, and streets of frame houses. Most buildings are clapboard, dating from the mid-19th to mid-20th century. The district is best known for three two-story, temple-front Greek Revival houses with colossal octagonal columns, one with a distinctive Egyptian Revival look. It also includes the Federal-style Wade House of about 1810, Italianate churches and houses, the brick Heath Block of 1879, and a Stick Style house. A 1938 bridge relocation diverted traffic away from Main Street, and little major building followed in the later 20th century, which helped the village keep its historic character and scale.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Desmond and Lord of Worcester (designers of the 1938 Cross Memorial Bridge); William Wade (probable builder of the Wade House)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal (also Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Stick, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Art Moderne)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved; many buildings remain in use as houses, a restaurant, school, town hall and churches. Commercial buildings have had inappropriate first-floor alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.58016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7954/63795433/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/99001080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001080/732d4fcc59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001080/732d4fcc59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Street,_Huntington_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:Main_Street,_Huntington_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county/huntington-village-historic-district-99001080/"}