Haydenville Historic District

The Haydenville Historic District is a historic district encompassing the traditional village of Haydenville in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. It includes properties on Main and High Streets, and Kingsley Avenue. Its most prominent feature is the former Haydenville Manufacturing Company premises, built in 1875 after a flood washed away the previous factory in 1874. This building located on Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), is now known as the Brass Works, and features elaborate Italianate and Victorian styling.[2] Overlooking the factory across Main Street are two high-style Greek Revival houses, each with four-column Greek temple porticos, built for the brothers Joel and Josiah Hayden, for whose family the village is named.[3]

Haydenville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The old mill building in Haydenville
Location	Main and High Sts., and Kingsley Ave., Williamsburg, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′31″N 72°42′9″W
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1828
Architect	Pratt, W.F.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	76000273 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1976

The Haydens were the primary civic and economic force in the village. David and Daniel Hayden, uncles to Joel and Josiah, first entered into business here in 1808, manufacturing power looms and a variety of small metal objects. The latter came to dominate their business under Joel and Josiah, who established a business that survived until 1950. The Hayden family's influence in the village is visible in the 1852 Haydenville Congregational Church, and the 1900 library, both built with family funds, and in the row of high-quality worker housing lining High Street. The Haydenville Cemetery, also located on High Street, was established by the brothers in 1847 after their father died, and is where the family plot is located.[3]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

See also

• Williamsburg Center Historic District
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Haydenville Manufacturing Company". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
3. "NRHP nomination for Haydenville Historic District". National Archives. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

• "Firearm Factory of the Month: Noble Manufacturing Company". TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing. November 14, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2020 – via blogspot.com. Noble manufacturing was a small gun maker based in Haydenville, Massachusetts. They produced what could be called 'utility grade' firearms.