Franklin Street 31.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-30 Easthampton NTH.461 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 31 Franklin Street Historic Name: Ernst
and Henrietta Schmitter House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1886-1895 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Queen
Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.25 acres Setting: House faces west on a a quiet, residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [31 FRANKLIN ST] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.461 _x__ 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 beautifully-maintained, two-and-a-half story, Queen Anne style building with a front-gable
roof. It has a cross-gable bay on the south and a full-width porch across the west façade with a projecting pedimented entry. The porch rests on turned posts with arched braces at the
eaves. It has a jigsaw-cut railing of unusual design and a lattice porch apron. In the gable end of of the house is an embellished horseshoe truss, and on the roof above is an eyebrow
window – an unusual feature in Northampton. The house is three bays wide and its windows have 2/2 wooden sash. 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 1886, Ernst and Henrietta Schmitter
bought this lot of land for $550. Mr. Schmitter was employed by the Belding Bros. and Co., silk manufacturers on Hawley St., and made this his homestead.” 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. 402-P. 31
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [31 FRANKLIN ST] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.461 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential
historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria
that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Schmitter House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary corridor,
Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few
gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton for several hundred years
to the present. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival
and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Schmitter House is a fine example of the Queen Anne style.
This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.