West Hatfield Historic District

West Hatfield is a narrow strip of Connecticut River floodplain in Hatfield, Massachusetts, split north to south by Route 5-10 and bounded on the east by Interstate 91. The district contains 31 buildings, mainly modest farmhouses, cottages, tobacco sorting shops, barns and a chapel. The earliest house is a late-Federal dwelling of about 1830. Other buildings include an Italianate house of about 1845, a Stick Style Congregational Chapel of 1889 and several Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses from the early twentieth century. Many were built by local farmer-carpenters, often from the German community. The area was listed for its agricultural past, especially tobacco and onion growing, and for its ethnic heritage. It is also listed for the way the automobile age brought tearooms, gas stations and other roadside businesses to West Street. The nomination also notes a strong chance of buried Native American and early farmstead remains.