Nautilus Building in Holyoke
Nautilus at 245 Cabot is a gorgeous building. This was the home of a magazine called the Nautilus. Published from 1899 until 1953, it was a monthly new thought magazine. You would expect a high degree of symmetry in such a building and it does come very close. Notice though the fenestration at left compare to at right. The architect was trying to hide something in 1911. There is an 1886 Victorian home below the left side of the house and then they had limited space to the right so they moved some elements in closer. This is on the Oak Street tour since the address of the house underneath was 242 Oak Street and thus the front door faced to Oak. The 242 Oak home was made by the Charles and Etta Richards family (left it in 1905). In 1906 Elizabeth and William Towne would buy the house.
FINDAGRAVE for Charles Richards