Bridge Road 408.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 17B-10 Easthampton NTH.80 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 408 Bridge Road Historic Name: Uses:
Present: three-family residence Original: single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1830-1850 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: stone, concrete Wall/Trim: clapboards, vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): 2005 two ells added as individual
residences Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.679 acres Setting: This house house faces south on a busy road that has both residential and commercial development
on it.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [408 BRIDGE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.80 ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much
space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate
the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a Greek Revival style house that is thought to be an alteration of an earlier house of
ca. 1800. An examination of the structure of the house might determine whether that is an accurate history. As it stands now, the house is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable
roof whose eaves make full returns to create a Greek Revival style pediment. Currently, the house has historically inaccurate vinyl shingles in its pediment, however, in 1980 it was
noted that the field was flushboarded, a Greek Revival style treatment intended to suggest the stone of a Greek temple. The house is three bays wide and three bays deep and has a center
entry, an unusual arrangement for the period when a side hall entry was more commonly built. Its proportions are large. There is a one-and-a-half story wing on the east. The entry of
the main block is a conservative version of the Federal style with narrow pilasters supporting an entablature, rather than the broad surrounds more often found in Greek Revival style
buildings. Sash in the house is 6/6. The mixture of styles was common in the 1830s when tastes and carpenter skills were changing. This house stands out in its neighborhood for its scale
and landscape setting. There are two, two-and-a-half story ells on the north elevation of the house, added in 2005, and they function as separate households. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss
the history of of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
From Form B of 1980, “This house has been traced to Moses Hunt, who sold the property in 1837. The house is shown on the 1831 map and according to the owner in 1976, predated 1831. In
1852 William and Caroline Moore purchased this farmstead, consisting of eleven acres, for $1000. However, within the deed it is stated that they are already occupying the premises, probably
as tenant farmers. The Moore family maintained this property for the rest of the 19th century. The property is described as being with the Inner Commons near Millstone Mountain, and
fronting on the highway from the Connecticut River bridge to Florence, North Farms and Williamsburg. This road dates from the 18th century and appears on the first map of Northampton,
dated 1794. According to the 1976 owner the house originally was only 1 ½ stories in height with a ridge or side-gable roof. A twelve over twelve sash window is located in the rear of
the house. These facts would seem to date the house to the late 18th or early 19th century.” BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New
York, 1873. Hales, John G. Plan of the Town or Northampton in the County of Hampshire, 1831. Map of 1794 of Northampton Miller, D. L. Atlas of the City of Northampton and Town of Easthampton,
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, 1895. Northampton Directories of 1860-61; 1885-86. Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton City, Massachusetts, Boston, 1884.
Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860.