Prospect-Gaylord Historic District

Prospect-Gaylord Historic District

A house on North Prospect Street
Location Amherst, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′33″N 72°31′22″W / 42.37583°N 72.52278°W / 42.37583; -72.52278Coordinates: 42°22′33″N 72°31′22″W / 42.37583°N 72.52278°W / 42.37583; -72.52278
Architect Howland, Warren S.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP Reference #

93000007

[1]
Added to NRHP February 4, 1993

The Prospect—Gaylord Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential area built up mostly in the late 19th century just outside the central business district of Amherst, Massachusetts. Contributing properties include most of the houses on Prospect Street, which parallels Pleasant Street, as well as properties on Gaylord and Amity Streets running west from Prospect. These houses are generally in late Victorian styles such as Queen Anne, although some, for example a workman's house at 24 Gaylord Street, are in a more vernacular style.[2] A central element of the district is the Hope Community Church, a historically African American church built in 1912 for a congregation whose history dates to 1869. Funds for its construction were raised in part through the efforts of W.E.B. Du Bois.[3]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[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. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for 24 Gaylord Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  3. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Hope Community Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-16.


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