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Blacksmith Shop, Exposition Grounds (moved from Chesterfield, Chester County, NH), West Springfield

Blacksmith Shop, Exposition Grounds (moved from Chesterfield, Chester County, NH), West Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Surveyed as HABS MA-41, with a 166-word written history.

From the record

“Blacksmith Shop, Exposition Grounds (moved from Chesterfield, Chester County, NH), West Springfield, Hampden County, MA”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS MA-41 · the record runs 166 words · one of 57 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Location

124 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS MA-41. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY BLACKSMITH SHOP HABS No. MA-41 Exposition Grounds, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts (moved from Chesterfield, New Hampshire) Please see HABS No. for the documentation of this structure. Documentation includes 2 drawings and a cover sheet created in and 3 black and white photographs taken in June While this structure exists in Massachusetts, it was given a HABS number relating to its original location in New Hampshire despite its having been documented in its new location. When this discrepancy was researched in April it was decided to leave the documentation as is and include this data page to direct researchers to the location of the documentation at HABS No.

Prepared by: Jennifer Baldwin, Collections Manager, HABS/HAER, April I 0, Cheshire County,

In context

West Springfield, Massachusetts The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Hampden County, Massachusetts 337 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in West Springfield

7 records

The federal surveyors worked through West Springfield building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Little Red Schoolhouse, photograph filed with the federal surveyLittle Red SchoolhouseHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,8-475 words
Benjamin Ashley HouseHABS MA-305286 words
Lawyer's Office, photograph filed with the federal surveyLawyer's OfficeHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,6-102 words
Josiah Day HouseHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,2-38 words
John Atkinson Tavern, photograph filed with the federal surveyJohn Atkinson TavernHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,5-36 words
Salisbury Meetinghouse, photograph filed with the federal surveySalisbury MeetinghouseHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,7-35 words
MeetinghouseHABS MASS,7-SPRIFW,0 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS MA-41. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from linked records; page labels and counts are clearly marked as presentation or calculations.