Theodore Baird Residence, Amherst

Name: Theodore Baird Residence
Address: Amherst, United States

#33 among attractions in Amherst

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The Theodore Baird Residence, also known as Baird House, is a suburban house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and located at 38 Shays Street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only Wright design in Massachusetts. ()

Built: 1940 (85 years ago)Coordinates: 42°21'1"N, 72°31'6"W

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Theodore Baird Residence – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hampshire Mall, Mountain Farms Mall, Emily Dickinson Museum, Mead Art Museum.

1.6 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Hampshire Mall, Hadley
40 min walk • Hampshire Mall is a primarily one-story shopping mall with a small second floor in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 55 stores owned by The Pyramid Companies.
1.8 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mountain Farms Mall, Hadley
47 min walk • Mountain Farms Mall is a shopping center in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 12 stores. It is located on Route 9, at 335 Russell Street in Hadley, Massachusetts, between Amherst and Northampton, approximately five miles east of Exit 19 off I-91. The mall is owned by S.R. Weiner and WS Development.
1.8 miN
Emily Dickinson, Museum, Historical place
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
46 min walk • The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.
1.4 miN
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
37 min walk • Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College.
1.5 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
39 min walk • The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors.
1.8 miW
42°21'31"N • 72°33'6"W
Hadley Corner, Hadley
47 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.4 miN
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
37 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
1.4 miN
Emily Dickinson, Universities and schools
Amherst College, Amherst
36 min walk • Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.
1.8 miN
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Strong House, Amherst
45 min walk • The Strong House is a historic house at 67 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. Built about 1744, it is one of Amherst's oldest surviving houses, and a fine example of mid-18th century Connecticut River Valley architecture.
1.8 miN
Library
Jones Library, Amherst
46 min walk • The Jones Library of Amherst, Massachusetts is a public library with three locations, the main building and two branches. The library was established in 1919 by a fund set up in the will of lumberman Samuel Minot Jones.
1.1 miN
Observatories and planetariums
Wilder Observatory, Amherst
29 min walk • Wilder Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned by Amherst College. It is located on Snell Street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White.