Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District

Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District
Belle Street housing
Location Springfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°6′45″N 72°35′31″W / 42.11250°N 72.59194°WCoordinates: 42°6′45″N 72°35′31″W / 42.11250°N 72.59194°W
Built 1862
Architect Kinsman,Louis G.H.; Fredette,William
Architectural style Classical Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

89000039

[1]
Added to NRHP March 2, 1989

The Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District is a historic district encompassing the surviving portions of an area developed by local builder William Lay between 1914 and 1916. It includes a series of almost entirely residential buildings along Belle and Franklin Streets, two streets that parallel each other near Interstate 290, north of Springfield's downtown. Lay built 16 apartment houses, half of which were four story brick construction, with the others being three story wood frame structures. The district also includes a mixed residential/commercial building Lay built, and an early (1862) frame house. The development is remarkably intact despite the construction of I-291 nearby: only one of Lay's buildings, another mixed use building, has been demolished.[2] The properties are at 77—103 Belle St. and 240—298 Franklin Street; the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-08.