Walker-Collis House

	Walker-Collis House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Belchertown, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′21″N 72°24′38″W / 42.27250°N 72.41056°W
Built	1880
Architect	Hoag,Henry
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	82001903
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1982

The Walker-Collis House is a historic house at 1 Stadler Street in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Originally located facing the Belchertown Common, this 1880 Victorian was moved to its present location in 1976.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

The house was built in 1880 by Myron Walker (1846-1911), a state senator who had spent significant time in New York and California. Walker had made a fortune during his travels, and reportedly spent $30,000 to build the lavish mansion; the gas heating plant in the building was also said to be used for heating of the bandstand on the common, and to provide gas street lighting in the area. Walker's fortune fell after his 1889 divorce, and the property was inherited by his nephew. It was then owned for much of the 20th century by the Collis family. Threatened with demolition, it was moved to its present site in 1976 and rehabilitated.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "MACRIS inventory record for Walker-Collis House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-2] "MACRIS inventory record for Walker-Collis House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

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