Franklin Street 21.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-32 Easthampton NTH.463 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 21 Franklin Street Historic Name: Henrietta
H. Mather House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: 1871-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Attached garage Major Alterations (with dates): South addition made, ca. 1990.
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.863 acres Setting: House faces west on a quiet residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [21 FRANKLIN ST] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.463 ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Alterations to this house would make it non-contributing to the North of Elm Street Historic
District. 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.
Probably one of the earliest houses to appear on Franklin Street, the Mather House is Italianate in style although a recent addition to its west façade has compromised the original appearance
of the building. It is a two-story brick building under a flat roof with wide eaves overhang in Italianate fashion. A wide frieze encircles the building including a two-story wing on
the north elevation. There are decorative grilles in the frieze at attic level. The main block of the house appears to have been three bays wide with a side entry. It has a full-width
porch on chamfered posts and a three-step brownstone entry. Brownstone forms the windows’ sills and lintels and their sash is 2/2. A clapboard sided garage is attached to the north elevation.
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 1871, Henrietta Mather, the widow of William Mather, bought ¼ acre of land from Jared Clark for $800. Mr. Clark owned a large homestead
on Elm Street that had originally included much of that land that Franklin Street cuts through.Mrs. Mather had two sons, Dwight, a carpenter, and John, a mason. John Mather learned that
mason’s trade with Daniel R. Clark, beginning in 1868. Mr. Clark lived at the corner of Franklin and Elm Streets in a house very similar to this one, and both houses were probably built
by these masons. John Mather later became very active in politics, serving three terms as mayor of Northampton around the turn of the century and three terms in the State Legislature
between 1913 and 1915.” 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. 373-P. 347, 286-187