Results for subject term "The Westside Historic District is located west of downtown Amherst by a half-mile on Northampton Road. Its 40 acres include Hazel Avenue, Baker Street and Snell Street west of the former Boston and Maine Railroad (now a rail trail). Northampton Road from University Drive to Blue Hills Road forms the northern boundary.<br />
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Westside's oldest buildings were constructed after the Civil War on Baker Street on a scale and density typical of a suburban street.<br />
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The Hawkins House at 33 Baker Street (ca. 1869 MHC #329) is the oldest house on the street, built around 1869. The three by two-bay principal mass rises two stories to a low-pitched, side- gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles. A two story rear addition creates an L-shaped plan. Vinyl clapboards are on the exterior walls and the foundation is built of brick. Original windows have been replaced with vinyl sash.<br />
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All ornament except the gable returns on the north gable end has been removed. This is the only side-gabled house on the street.<br />
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