Denniston Place 1.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 24C-23 Easthampton NTH.277 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 1 Denniston Place ( formerly 130 North
Elm Street) Historic Name: A. Perry Peck House Uses: Present: hospital/apartment Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1865 Source: Maps and Directory Style/Form:
Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ornamental access
ramp added, ca. 2005 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.517 acres Setting: This building occupies a corner lot at the edge of a large hospital property.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [1 DENNISTON PLACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.277 ___ 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. The Peck House is a two-and-a-half story house with a side-gable roof. It has a pavilion centered
on its north façade, a house form that was repeated on several other Italianate style houses in Northampton. The house has a one-story wing on the west and an access ramp on its east
elevation, both of which were later additions. There is a two-story ell on the rear. The clapboard-sided house is three bays wide and in the north façade there is a pair of 1/1 windows
under a single Italianate bracketed lintel on the west and a single window on the east with 6/6 sash. Lintels on both first and second stories are bracketed. The entry consists of a
glassed-in portico centered on the pavilion. It has glass filled, elliptical arches. 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: “The area near the junction of North Elm and Prospect
Streets was first called Springdale by Dr. E.E. Denniston, who opened a water cure establishment here in 1848. This house is thought to have been built for A. Perry Peck during the mid
1860’s, as he’s listed at ‘Springdale’ in the 1868-1869 directory and this house appears as his on the 1873 atlas. However, a house does appear near the site on the 1860 map and it’s
possible that Mr. Peck remodelled the older house for his own residence. Mr. Peck was a prominent local citizen who had begun business as a druggist and grocer in 1849. In 1853, he purchased
the Lower Mills (on Clark Street) and engaged in the flour and grain business. This was succeeded by his becoming an insurance agent in 1860. He also served as Register of Probate from
1855-1859 and was appointed a trial justice in 1860. After Mr. Peck’s decease around 1880, the property was purchased by the Rev. George Webber, a professor at Smith College.” 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.