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The building was constructed in 1911-12 to a design by Burton E. Geckler, a local architect whose works include apartment blocks like this, single-family residences, commercial buildings, and churches both in Springfield and nearby Longmeadow. It was built for Tessie Schaffer & Company, a consortium of eastern European Jewish immigrants.
Since 1636, Metro Center has served as the cultural, civic, and business center of Springfield and Western Massachusetts.The neighborhood sits on relatively flat land along the Connecticut Riverbank and stretches approximately two hundred meters inland where the first of a series of bluffs rises between the parallel Dwight and Chestnut Streets, (behind the MassMutual Center.)
It includes a series of almost entirely residential buildings along Belle and Franklin Streets, two streets that parallel each other near Interstate 291, north of Springfield's downtown. Lay built 16 apartment houses, half of which were four story brick construction, with the others being three story wood-frame structures.
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Location of Springfield in Massachusetts. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
This route followed the older blue-banded route from New Haven north to Hartford. At Hartford, Route 2 crossed the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge and ran north from East Hartford to Springfield on the east side of the river. [8] [9] US 5 was designated in 1926 along the Route 2 alignment. [10]
Tallest buildings and structures in Springfield, Massachusetts Rank Name Image Height Floors Use Built 1 Monarch Place: 401 ft 26 Commercial office: 1987 2 Tower Square: 371 ft 29 Commercial office: 1970 3 Springfield Municipal Group Campanile 300 ft n/a Campanile: 1913 4 Chestnut Park: 289 ft 34 Apartment building: 1977 5 One Financial Plaza ...
The six-flat apartments were built in 1909 by Bell Miller, a local florist branching out into real estate. Architect George H. Helmle designed the three-story Classical Revival building. The building's design features an entrance pavilion supported by Doric columns , verandahs on both sides, and an egg-and-dart frieze and dentillated cornice ...