Cook House (SPR.1579)

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.

Cook 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 42.1125, -72.5722 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Conby House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Building at 31-33 Florida St, Lester House, and Harvey House.

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