Conz Street 15.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32C-119 Easthampton NTH.2145 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 15 Conz Street Historic
Name: Charles T. Parsons House Uses: Present: Commercial & office use Original: Single Family home Date of Construction: 1860-73 Source: Map & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Brick Roof: Unknown Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: -Series of connected buildings in rear. Major Alterations (with dates): -Vinyl
windows Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.27 acres Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a major local and regional thoroughfare. Lot has a few trees
and shrubs. House among former single family homes that have been converted into multi unit housing or for commercial use.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [15 CONZ STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2145 ___ 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 two-story brick Italianate style home with flat roof. The house was quite modified during
the 20th century as it transitioned from a single family home to a place of business, but it still retains the basic form of its mid 19th century beginnings. It has a two bay front façade
with typical side hall entry. It features a projecting cornice and a wide, plain frieze. Many of the original two over two sash windows are present but they are covered over by vinyl
storm windows. The windows have cut brownstone sills and lintels. The original door is no longer present. There is a two-story rear ell of lower height than the principal block of the
home. 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. The Parsons family was the first to permanently settle on the west side of the Mill River along South Street. Lt. John Parsons settled on the south side
of the street just west of the bridge in 1696, the year of his marriage. The original homestead included most of the upland known as Fort Hill. Conz Street originally was the path to
the meadows west of the Mill River, known as the Manhan Meadows. This street began to be developed early in the 19th century, with one of the first house-builders being Justice Parsons.
His homestead was on the western side of the street and included the present parcel. This house was most likely built for his grandson Charles T. Parsons Property owned by the E. & J.
Cigar Company in 1980. Property currently owned by Powertenintwo LLC. 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. Registry of Deeds:
Bk. 237-P. 55, 68-294. Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, S. Clark, 1882, pp .129-131.