National Register of Historic Places

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House

Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Listed
March 25, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73000303

About this property

The Porter–Phelps–Huntington House, known historically as Forty Acres, is a historic house museum at 130 River Drive in Hadley, Massachusetts. It is open seasonally, from May to October. The house contains the collection of one extended family, with objects dating from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. It was occupied from its construction in 1752 until the 1940s, when a member of the eighth generation of the family in the house turned it into a museum. Its collection is entirely derived from the family, and the extensive archives, including the original diary of Elizabeth Porter Phelps, are held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and is a central feature of the Forty Acres and Its Skirts Historic District, designated in 2023.

Location

130 River Dr.
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
42.36981, -72.58704

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Old Mill Site Historic District
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0.5 mi
Hatfield Center Historic District
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1.1 mi
Mill-Prospect Street Historic District
Civil War
1.1 mi
North Hadley Historic District
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1.3 mi
Elm Street Historic District
Colonial
1.5 mi

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When was Porter-Phelps-Huntington House listed on the National Register?

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Porter-Phelps-Huntington House?

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Porter-Phelps-Huntington House is recorded as the industrial era.

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