Belchertown Center Historic District
The Belchertown Center Historic District is a historic district which encompasses the historic village center of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Centered on Belchertown's 1,200-foot common, the district includes 55 contributing properties along South Main Street, Maple Street, and a few adjacent streets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clapp Memorial Library and Walker-Collis House.
Clapp Memorial Library
Library
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The Clapp Memorial Library is a public library in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Construction began in 1884; it was dedicated in 1887. Today the Library is part of the Belchertown Center Historic District. Belchertown native John Francis Clapp, a wealthy merchant who died in Brooklyn, bequeathed $40,000 for the erection of a library with 5,000 books from his personal collections.
Walker-Collis House
Building
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The Walker-Collis House is a historic house at 1 Stadler Street in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Originally located facing the Belchertown Common, this 1880 Victorian, one of the most architecturally exuberant buildings in the town, was moved to its present location in 1976.
Belchertown High School
School
Belchertown High School is public high school located in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. The school is home to grades 9 through 12. The current building opened in September 2002.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belchertown.
Belchertown
Town
Belchertown is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,350 at the 2020 census.
Belchertown Center Historic District
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
- Location: Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.28065° or 42° 16′ 50″ northLongitude
-72.39786° or 72° 23′ 52″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
87J97JJ2+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 358280417OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4930232Wikidata ID
Q4882061
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Belchertown Center Historic District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Belchertown Center Historic District”
- French: “district historique de Belchertown Center”
- French: “District historique de Belchertown Center”
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