Kenwyn Apartments

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Kenwyn Apartments
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Location 6 Kenwood Pk; 413-415 Belmont Ave., Springfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°5′14″N72°33′47″W / 42.08722°N 72.56306°W / 42.08722; -72.56306 Coordinates: 42°5′14″N72°33′47″W / 42.08722°N 72.56306°W / 42.08722; -72.56306
Area less than one acre
Built 1916 (1916)
Architect Carpenter, William H., Co.
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference #

94001467

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Added to NRHP November 14, 1994

The Kenwyn Apartments are a historic apartment house at 6 Kenwood Park & 413—415 Belmont Avenue in the Forest Park neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1916, they are a rare local example of Mission style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

Springfield, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts

Springfield is a city in the state of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060. As of 2017, the estimated population was 154,758, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, had a population of 692,942 as of 2010.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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Description and history

The Kenwyn Apartments are located on the eastern edge of Springfield's Forest Park Heights neighborhood, at the northwest corner of Kenwood Park and Belmont Avenue. It is a four-story masonry structure, with Mission style construction and detailing. Built of stone, it has a stuccoed exterior, and other Mission elements such as round arch entries, barrel-style overhangs, and Spanish-style parapets. [2]

The block was built in 1916 by William H. Carpenter, during a brief period in which the Spanish Colonial Revival style was popular; it faded after some of its principal features (stucco walls and clay tiles) proved unsuitable for the climate. The city was at that time undergoing a residential building boom, in which large numbers of apartment houses were built along recently introduced streetcare lines. The building went through a rapid succession of owners, until it was acquired by the Pasquale Corporation in 1940. The building remained in its ownership for thirty years. Thereafter, with declining economic conditions in the neighborhood, the building again went through a number of owners. After a foreclosure proceeding in 1990 there were calls to tear the building down, but preservationists were able to propose a rehabilitation of the structure. [2]

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts Wikimedia list article

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Kenwyn Apartments". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-11.