Elm Street 218.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 31A-71 Easthampton NTH.479 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 218 Elm Street Historic Name: Daniel
W. Clark House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: c. 1850 Source: Registry of Deeds & Maps Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: clapboards, flushboard Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Wing added ca. 1920.
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.194 acres Setting: This house faces north north behind a white picket fence that bounds its corner lot.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [218 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.479 ___ 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 Daniel Clark House is a Greek Revival style house much like its neighbor at 210 Elm Street.
It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front gable roof whose eaves make full returns to form a pediment. The field or tympanum of the pediment is flushboard sided to emulate
the stone of a Greek temple. A later arched Italianate window was entered into the pediment. Like its neighbor, the house is three bays wide and has a side hall entry. The entry here
is recessed and has a wide trabeated surround of pilasters supporting a full entablature. Flanking the paneled door are leaded glass sidelights. Windows have architrave surrounds and
6/6 window sash, more common than the 12/12 of 210 Elm Street which was earlier in date. The house has a two-story, shed roof wing on the east with a glassed in porch on the second floor
and a wall-enclosed first floor. The house has a tall interior chimney on its ridge. 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: “In 1847, Daniel W. Clark acquired land on the western
side of Elm Street from his father Allen Clark. The Clark family had been the first to settle on Elm with Lt. William Clark receiving a 12 acre allotment in 1659. This was on the west
side of Elm Street and extended to the Mill River, incorporating most of what is now the Smith College campus. This parcel of land was first built upon by Daniel Clark in 1739 at the
time of his marriage. Daniel W. Clark was of the fourth generation to live on this homestead and the present house probably dates from his occupancy. The house remained in the Clark
family until the early 20th 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. 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. 693-P.492, 465-108, 119-480