Built 1905 (1905) Opened 1905 Added to NRHP 24 February 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83000755 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | |
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Location 1121-27 Main St., Springfield, Massachusetts MPS Downtown Springfield MRA Similar Ingram Park Mall, Forest Park, Symphony Hall - Springfield, Quadrangle, MassMutual Center | ||
The McKinney Building is a historic commercial building at 1121-27 Main Street (adjacent to Crossett Lane) in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1905, it is good example of commercial Classical Revival architecture, and was part of generally southeastward trend in the growth of the city's downtown area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Description and history
The McKinney Building is located near the southern end of the built-up commercial downtown area of Springfield. It is on the north side of Main Street, between the Bangs Block to the east and the Colonial Block located across Crossett Lane. It is a five story masonry structure, built out of pale brick with red and white stone trim. The ground floor facing Main Street has a modern storefront, while the second floor has sash windows topped by splayed lintels. A corbelled beltcourse separates the second and third floors. The third and fourth floors have windows topped by splayed brick soldier headers with stone keystones. The fifth floor windows are set in round-arch openings, and the building is capped by a projecting dentillated and modillioned cornice. The corner at Main and Crossett is styled as a three-bay polygonal section in redstone, with decorative panel blocks between the windows of each bay.
The block was built in 1905, at a time when Springfield's downtown was growing to the south. It was built by developer Richard McKinney on land that formerly belonged to Jonathan Bangs (builder of the adjacent 1870 Bangs Block). The ground floor housed retail spaces, and the upper floors were in the early years used by First Spiritualist Society for their meetings and other social activities.