Elm Street 320.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-85 Easthampton NTH.490 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 320 Elm Street Historic Name: Allen
House Uses: Present: Four-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1893 Source: Hampshire Gazette, 11/22/1893 Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.255 acres Setting: This building occupies a corner lot and like like many other residential buildings on Elm Street that have corner lots, it
is designed to take advantage of its exposure.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [320 ELM STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.490 ___ 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 Allen House is Queen Anne style at its most elaborate in terms of both complexity of interior
volume and of exterior surface. The core of the house has a hipped roof from which extend cross gables on the north, east, and west as well as a round tower on the northeast corner that
rests on the roof of a wrap-around porch. There is a two-and-a-half story ell on the south. The porch roof is supported by turned posts on high pedestals with a spindle frieze, solid
brackets, and a pedimented entry with strapwork in its tympanum. The house is clapboard on its first floor, and scallop shingle-sided on its second floor. The east and west gables have
a combination of shingles and half-timbering. An unusual feature is the second story open porch of the north façade. Fortunately, it has been left unaltered. 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 1976: “The well articulated Queen Anne residence is located at the upper end of Elm Street. Construction of the residence was almost completed in 1893 when its owner, a Mr.
Allen employed with a New York firm, ran out of funds.” 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.