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Cushman Village Historic District

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mills established by the Cushman brothers came to dominate the local economic landscape. It was during the mid-19th century that most of the village's housing stock was built. Although not always built by the mill owners, the Cushmans owned a great deal of the local housing stock by the 1870s. Much of it was in relatively conservative architectural styles, with a large amount of Greek Revival construction persisting into the 1880s, even while modest versions of Italianate, Second Empire, and Queen Anne Victorians were also being built. The house at 131 Bridge Street is a mill owner's residence, and is one of the village's more elaborate expressions of the Greek Revival.
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on the Mill River's "great falls"; in 1746 he added a lumber mill further downstream. By the late 18th century there were at least six mills of various types operating on the river, and there were clusters of mill-related worker housing nearby. The oldest surviving house was built sometime before
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were built on the river in the first half of the 19th century, but most were either destroyed by fire, or were replaced by later construction. The arrival of the railroad and the establishment of a depot (no longer extant), helped give a center to the growing village. Between about 1835 and 1930
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to the west give way to hillier terrain. The Mill River runs roughly westward in this area to the north of the village, before turning south and eventually emptying into the Connecticut. In 1738 Nathaniel Kellogg was granted water rights to establish a
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Cushman Village is located in northeastern Amherst, in an area where the plains of the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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encompassing a portion of the Cushman Village area of
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Cushman Village Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Cushman Village Historic District is located in the United States
Amherst, Massachusetts
42°25′3″N 72°30′26″W / 42.41750°N 72.50722°W / 42.41750; -72.50722
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historic district
Amherst, Massachusetts
Mill River
National Register of Historic Places
Connecticut River
grist mill
textile mills
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, Massachusetts


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National Register of Historic Places
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"Business, Industry, and Transportation: Late Industrial Period (1870-1915)"
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