Building at 96 Middlefield Rd

A contributing property in the Chester Factory Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. A nucleated cluster of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings in the hills of western Massachusetts, this village began as a small milling and tanning center between 1752 and 1840, sited where a local road crossed the old Massachusetts Turnpike (now roughly Route 20). The arrival of the Western Railroad between Boston and Albany in 1838 spurred further growth, and the district developed through the late 19th and early 20th centuries around the local granite industry. It retains a high degree of integrity and includes ambitious late-Victorian residences alongside commercial and industrial landmarks such as the 1892 Chester Granite Company office.

Building at 96 Middlefield Rd is a landmark in Chester, Hampden County. It is one of 3,654 landmarks documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 42.2854, -72.9828 near Chester. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shepard, Charles - Prentice, Phineas House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 90 Middlefield Rd, House at 101 Middlefield Rd, and Burleigh, Fred M. House.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.