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Westside Historic District (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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The Baker Street houses are examples of modest Victorian styling, although some have had modern siding applied. The house at 21 Hazel Street is the district's only example of an American Foursquare, with a hip roof. Most of the residents of this area were engaged in relatively low-skilled or low-wage occupations, including letter carrier, maid, janitor, and farmhand.
246:). Most of the properties in the district are houses, many of which were built in a variety of Victorian styles, with houses built later also showing Colonial Revival styling. The oldest houses, on Baker Street, date from 1869 into the 1870s, while those along Route 9 were for the most part built later, and exhibit a wider variety of styles, including some 261:
African Americans, both enslaved and free, are known to have been resident in Amherst since the 18th century, although exactly where they lived is not known. The area around Baker and Snell Streets and Hazel Avenue is one of the oldest known, with documented African-American residency in the 1860s.
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houses. The fields that surround the neighborhood and set it off from the surrounding area are also included in the district, which was listed on the
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Baker and Snell Sts., Northampton Rd., and Hazel Ave.,
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Westside Historic District (Amherst, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Westside Historic District (Amherst, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Amherst, Massachusetts
42°22′0″N 72°31′51″W / 42.36667°N 72.53083°W / 42.36667; -72.53083
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historic district
African-American neighborhood
Amherst, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 9
Bungalow
Craftsman
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, Massachusetts


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National Register of Historic Places
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