Northampton, MA
Northampton City Hall
Completed in 1850 and expanded in 1890, William Fenno Pratt’s High-Victorian-Gothic brick and brownstone seat of government features crenellated towers, hammer-beam trusses and locally quarried stone—details that routinely drive envelope-restoration bids today. Contractors appreciate its thick masonry walls and original slate roof, both preserved under a city preservation restriction.
Phone: (413) 587-4900
Official Site
Hampshire County Courthouse
Henry F. Kilbourn’s 1886 Richardsonian-Romanesque courthouse anchors King and Main Streets with rusticated sandstone, bold arches and a clock-topped campanile. Its load-bearing brownstone requires specialized repointing techniques familiar to masonry contractors working under Massachusetts Historic Commission oversight.
Phone: (413) 586-2297
Court Website
Forbes Library
William Brocklesby’s 1894 Richardsonian-Romanesque public library rises in Milford granite and Longmeadow brownstone, its fire-proof steel frame and slate roof offering a textbook case for façade cleaning and flashing upgrades. The granite ashlar remains remarkably intact after 130 winters.
Phone: (413) 587-1011
Official Site
Academy of Music Theatre
Gifted to the city in 1891, this Renaissance-Revival opera house was the first municipally owned theater in the nation. Ongoing plaster-ceiling and rigging rehabilitations respect its ornate proscenium and horseshoe balcony while modernizing life-safety systems.
Phone: (413) 584-9032
Official Site
Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center
The 1924 Art-Deco cinema turned concert hall retains its neon marquee and decorative plaster vaults, now stabilized with fiber-reinforced plaster and LED retrofits that respect the original carbon-arc light lines.
Phone: (413) 586-8686
Venue Site
Masonic Building (25 Main Street)
Roswell F. Putnam’s 1898 Classical-Revival commercial block sports limestone pilasters and pressed-metal cornices once home to Calvin Coolidge’s law office. Restoration easements protect its terra-cotta belt courses and original wood windows.
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Historic Marker
Hotel Northampton
Opened in 1927, this Colonial-Revival landmark blends Flemish-bond brickwork with a fan-lighted portico relocated from 1786 Wiggins Tavern. Preservation contractors value its original steel casement windows and interior mahogany paneling now under Historic Hotels of America standards.
Phone: (413) 584-3100
Official Site
Union Station (1897)
Richardsonian-Romanesque Union Station unites buff brick, red Longmeadow brownstone and clay-tile roofs. Adaptive-reuse into a banquet hall preserved its massive trusses, while new MEP runs were hidden behind original Guastavino vaults.
Phone: (413) 341-3161
Venue Site
U.S. Post Office (37 Bridge Street)
The 1905 Classical-Revival post office features Indiana limestone pilasters and WPA-era murals—elements now monitored under a GSA facility preservation plan that guides exterior stone cleaning and HVAC upgrades.
Phone: (413) 584-0960
USPS Location Page
First Churches of Northampton
Peabody & Stearns’ 1878 High-Victorian-Gothic meetinghouse incorporates polychrome sandstone and a 190-foot spire. Steeple stabilizations in 2023 employed stainless-steel rod anchoring compatible with original ashlar.
Phone: (413) 584-9392
Official Site
Historic Northampton Museum & Parsons Houses
Three restored dwellings (1719–1840) showcase post-and-beam framing, handmade brick nogging and chestnut clapboards—valuable case studies for contractors executing in-kind wood-siding replacements under Secretary of the Interior standards.
Phone: (413) 584-6011
Official Site
Smith Charities Building
William Fenno Pratt’s 1851 Italianate sandstone landmark—home to a unique 1845 charitable trust—boasts carved lintels and bracketed cornices recently laser-cleaned to remove black gypsum crusts.
Phone: (413) 584-0415
Official Site
Clarke School—Round Hill Campus
The 1867–1910 campus, set on Frederick Law Olmsted-planned grounds, integrates brick Georgian-Revival academic blocks and a slate-roofed chapel; window-rehabilitation specifications now guide new insulating glazing without altering muntin profiles.
Phone: (413) 584-3450
Official Site
Bridge Street Cemetery (1661)
One of New England’s oldest municipal cemeteries, this 19-acre site contains brownstone and marble monuments that inform modern stone-consolidation protocols for salt-sugared gravestones. A 2016 preservation master plan guides wall and gate repairs.
Phone: (413) 587-1577
City Preservation Plan
Masonic Street Fire Station (1872)
This brick Italianate engine house—now offices—retains its bell tower and segmental-arched apparatus bays. A city preservation restriction mandates lime-based mortars and copper gutter replication in any exterior work.
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EPA Brownfields Record
Lyman Plant House & Conservatory
Opened in 1895, this Victorian glasshouse by Lord & Burnham spans 12,000 sq ft of steel-and-wood framing; recent glazing upgrades swapped single panes for low-iron laminated glass while preserving original ridge ventilators.
Phone: (413) 585-2740
Official Site
Smith College Museum of Art
Housed within Polshek’s 2003 limestone-clad Brown Fine Arts Center, SCMA integrates a 1925 neoclassical wing; curtain-wall upgrades achieved a 40 % energy reduction while meeting SHPO visibility standards from Elm Street.
Phone: (413) 585-2760
Official Site
College Hall, Smith College
Peabody & Stearns’ 1875 High-Victorian-Gothic flagship boasts locally quarried brownstone, lancet windows and a mansard tower; a 2024 slate-roof restoration added concealed solar tiles without altering sightlines.
Phone: (413) 584-2700
Smith College
Edward P. Boland VA Medical Center
The 1924 Georgian-Revival hospital campus in Leeds features Flemish-bond brick wards linked by classical colonnades. Ongoing envelope repairs include terra-cotta chimney stabilization and lead-coated-copper flashing replacements guided by VA heritage design manuals.
Phone: (413) 584-4040
VA Site
Pomeroy Terrace Historic District
This 32-acre district east of downtown contains 1840-1910 Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial-Revival residences—ideal specimens for wood-siding replication, porch reconstruction and historic color palettes referenced in its 2015 nomination. Contractors must follow district design guidelines for any exterior work.
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NRHP Listing
