Converse House

A contributing property in the McKnight District (Boundary Increase), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. This boundary increase enlarges Springfield's McKnight district, the city's largest late-19th- and early-20th-century middle-class residential neighborhood, whose greatest period of growth ran from about 1880 to the end of World War I. Laid out on regularly platted lots within a tightly defined area, it was developed largely by brothers John and William McKnight, who left the dry-goods business to concentrate on real estate and imposed compatible standards on the lots they sold. The 885-property district is architecturally significant for its well-preserved single- and two-family residences, which display the full range of popular Victorian styles including Stick, Queen Anne, Shingle, and Tudor, together with a school, park, churches, and a few commercial buildings that make the neighborhood virtually self-contained.

Converse House is a landmark in Springfield, 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 42.1195, -72.5681 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Building at 70 Amherst St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Nicoll House, Building at 102 Yale St, and Breck House.

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