North Chester Historic District

North Chester Historic District

House and the new Smith Road bridge
Location Chester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′35″N 72°55′53″W / 42.32639°N 72.93139°W / 42.32639; -72.93139Coordinates: 42°19′35″N 72°55′53″W / 42.32639°N 72.93139°W / 42.32639; -72.93139
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Georgian
NRHP Reference #

96001465

[1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1996

North Chester Historic District is a historic district encompassing the rural village center of North Chester in the town of Chester, Massachusetts. Most of the properties in the district are strung in a widely spaced rural manner along East River Road, extending from a home and former factory site in the north to a village core with church and cemetery in the south. A few unbuilt parcels of land on Smith and North Chester Roads also contribute to the district, as did the Howe truss iron bridge that carries Smith Road across the middle branch of the Westfield River until its replacement in 2009. In addition to a variety of primarily 19th century residential and agricultural buildings, the district also includes a number of industrial archeological sites, based on the area's history of water-powered mill development.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for North Chester Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-07.


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