Clark Avenue 3-5.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-222 Easthampton NTH.2005 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 3-5 Clark Avenue Historic
Name: Julius Phelps House Uses:Present: Two family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: circa 1850 Source: 1854 map Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.67 acres Setting: House sits close to road along a busy street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [3-5 CLARK STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH. 2005 ___ 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 circa 1850 Italianate style house is two-and-a-half stories with diamond pattern slate roof.
The house features a full entablature and eaves make partial returns. The five bay façade has a double central entrance and is covered by an Italianate style portico with a low pitched
hipped roof, projecting cornice, square posts with impost blocks and high pedestals, and balustrade. Above the entrance are paired, narrow 4/4 sash windows, which is also a common feature
of the Italianate style. The upper windows on the house have 6/6 sash windows. Although metal storm windows cover these windows the original 4/4 and 6/6 sashes are present. The original
lower windows have been removed and are now 1/1 sash with metal storm windows. The house has two small brick chimneys symmetrically placed along the ridge line. The slimness of the two
brick chimneys denotes the use of iron stoves and therefore confirms that this home was built around 1850 as homes built before this time period used large fireplaces to heat homes.
The house is clapboard, topped by a slate roof and rests on a brick foundation. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history 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 large double house was probably constructed around
1850. The The house is shown on the 1854 map, owned by Julius Phelps. The property remained in the Phelps family until about 1890. Originally the house faced a large open area where
South Street curved up the lower slopes of Fort Hill. About 1890 a new elevated South Street was constructed just west of this property, making a more direct connection to Main Street.”
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.
Miller, D. L. Atlas of the City of Northampton and Town of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, 1895. Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton City,
Massachusetts, Boston, 1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. 1854 County Map