In 1830, Dr. Reuben Bell purchased a lot in Hadley that was occupied by the blacksmith shop of Horace Seymour (d. 1829). Bell then moved the blacksmith shop and built a house (29 West Street) for his son, John Smith Bell, who received title in 1839.
The origins of the building at 79 Broad Street in Westfield are uncertain and complicated by the fact that the house has been completely altered inside. It was built between 1810 and 1830 and is said to have been a blacksmith shop. It was later converted into a residence and is now used as offices. The building is transitional in style from the Federal to the Greek Revival and has an addition and a projecting pediment and brackets that were added in the later nineteenth century. The front doorway was added in the late 1970s.
The Thomas Dickinson House in Deerfield is an early center hall house built in 1762. Capt. Thomas Dickinson, a slave owner, led the local militia in the Revolutionary War. There was an unsuccessful attempt to cultivate silkworms on the property in 1852.