East Main-High Street Historic District

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.