North Easton Historic District
| North Easton Historic District | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| Historic District | |||
 The 66 Main Street building in North Easton, 2008 |
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| location | Easton , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 4 '13 " N , 71 ° 5' 59" W | ||
| surface | 500 acres (202.3 hectares ) | ||
| NRHP number | 72000119 | ||
| The NRHP added | 3rd November 1972 | ||
The North Easton Historic District is a 200- acre area of the city of Easton in the state of Massachusetts in the United States on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Historic District comprises almost 160 buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as six areas with special landscaping.
description
The buildings in the district represent almost all architectural styles of their respective epoch - in particular the Greek Revival , Gothic Revival , Queen Anne style , Georgian Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque - and vary in their design between representative and everyday.
Five buildings were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson for the Ames family :
- Ames Free Library
- Old Colony Railroad Station
- Oakes Ames Memorial Hall
- Ames Gate Lodge
- FL Ames Gardener's Cottage
In 1987 this part of the area was designated a National Historic Landmark and given its own NRHP entry under the name HH Richardson Historic District of North Easton .
Some lots were landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted .
The Historic District consists of physically, functionally and aesthetically interrelated structures. This unity goes back to the fact that all buildings with the Ames family have a common origin. The family members owned shovel and tool factories, settled their workers in the immediate vicinity of the workshops and sometimes offered them lavish amenities. The structure of the district is almost ring-shaped: the factories and logistics buildings are located in the center, the workers' houses are arranged around them and larger properties are located in the outermost circle.
The following contributing properties belong to the Historic District :
- 66 Main Street (former post office)
- Ames Shovel Shop
- Ames stable
- The Rockery
- HH Richardson Historic District of North Easton
See also
literature
- Robert F. Brown: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. (PDF) National Park Service , United States Department of the Interior , August 5, 1972, accessed May 23, 2020 .