September 25, 2012 – Historic Buildings of Massachusetts

Nathaniel Seymour House (1814)

by Dan/September 25, 2012/Federal, Houses, Stockbridge

The Nathaniel Seymour House in Stockbridge was built in 1814 by a tailor and later owned by the Seymour family of storekeepers. Later owned by William Seymour, after his death it was sold in 1923 to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and moved to be set back from the street in front of the Parish House (the former George Seymour House), to become St. Paul’s Rectory.

183-191 Main Street, Northampton (1871)

by Dan/September 25, 2012September 25, 2012/Commercial, Northampton, Romanesque Revival

On Main Street in Northampton are two nearly identical commercial blocks located side-by-side. The Fleming Block, on the left, was built in 1868 at 189-191 Main Street. It replaced the earlier Lyman Block. The Astman or Williams Block, on the right, was built in 1871 at 183-187 Main Street to replace a building destroyed in the fire of 1870.