Uptown

Most of this neighborhood is well-off, but Saltonstall and High Streets deserve the most attention. Perched terrace-like atop South Hill, overlooking campus and the river, these two brick streets are a full sixty feet wide and lined with fine shade trees. Mansions of Georgian/Federalist design, once mill-owner homes, line both sides of both streets from Boundary to Garrison. The houses are placed side by side, uniformly twelve feet back from the brick sidewalk. A small ‘green easement’ four feet wide lies between the sidewalk and the street.
There is little space between the houses, although a few sport small gardens on the side. Descendants of the original families still own a few homes; university folk now own many of the houses. A few more have been purchased by organizations. Some are boarding houses or apartments. No commercial buildings stand in this area. Police patrols here are frequent; loitering, particularly after dark, is not permitted.
Houses along narrower Pitman Street are of an earlier, more modest vintage. Here are numerous two and three-story gambrel-roofed houses, mostly of wood, and many have been divided into apartments. Some are hidden behind other houses, reachable only by narrow alleys. Several older Georgian mansions stand out. Residents here include poorer faculty and older university students. These buildings are generally well maintained.
A few Georgian homes occur on Missituk and Washington Streets, but much of this area was built up in the later nineteenth century and consists of larger Victorians owned by middle-class property owners and professionals. Some old New Jerusalem families thrive here.
Hill Street is little lived-on. Houses here are ancient, tottering affairs, sagging under moss-grown gambrel and gable roofs. Some stand vacant; most are without electricity, gas, or town water. The dirt street, underlain by timbers laid down lifetimes ago has been recently replaced by a state of the art road, which, unfortunately, still remain unlit.
Old, disused farm buildings can be seen, half-fallen and overgrown; hidden among luxurious trees and high-standing grasses are long-abandoned gardens and the remains of old family plots. This area has only recently been incorporated by the city and great works are planned to update and vitalize this area.

Notable Locations

• Albert N. Whipple - 118 W Staltonstall Stt
• Clark's Residential Accommodations - 267 W Staltonstall St
• Daniel Shay Public School - 402 W High St
• Daughters of the American Revolution - 432 W Saltonstall St
• First Presbyterian Church - 618 Staltonstall St
• The Franklin Place - 587 W Pitman St
• Gamma Delta House - 306 W HIGH ST
• Harold Shear Family - 680 W Missituk Ave
• Jack Bellairs - 507 W Missituk Avenue
• Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Worthman - 417 W Missituk Ave
• The Kit Kat Club - 647 W High St
• May Ladies Beauty Salon - 122 W High St
• Missituk Club - 411 W High St
• Missituk Park
• Missituk Valley Art Association - 522 W Saltonstall St
• New Jerusalem Reserved Congregational Church - 657 W Washington Street
• Sigma Phi House - 527 W High St
• South Parish Congregational Church and Parish House - 375 Missituk Ave
• The Tabularium - 215 W High St
• Uptown Park
• Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. - 662 W Saltonstall Street
• Washington Park
• Whitechapel Nursing Home - 602 W Saltonstall St

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Included Locations

• Albert N. Whipple - 118 W Staltonstall St
• Clark's Residential Accommodations - 267 W Staltonstall St
• Daniel Shay Public School - 402 W High St
• Daughters of the American Revolution - 432 W Saltonstall St
• Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Worthman - 417 W Missituk Ave
• First Presbyterian Church - 618 Staltonstall St
• Gamma Delta House - 306 W HIGH ST
• Harold Shear Family - 680 W Missituk Ave
• Jack Bellairs - 507 W Missituk Avenue
• May Ladies Beauty Salon - 122 W High St
• Missituk Club - 411 W High St
• Missituk Park
• Missituk Valley Art Association - 522 W Saltonstall St
• New Jerusalem Reserved Congregational Church - 657 W Washington Street
• Sigma Phi House - 527 W High St
• South Hill
• South Parish Congregational Church and Parish House - 375 Missituk Ave
• The Franklin Place - 587 W Pitman St
• The Kit Kat Club - 647 W High St
• Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. - 662 W Saltonstall Street
• Whitechapel Nursing Home - 602 W Saltonstall St