Hampton Terrace 16.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 39A-067 Easthampton NTH.1095 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 16 Hampton Terrace
Historic Name: Calvin Coolidge House, “The Beeches” Uses: Present: Single family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1914-1915 Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 4/1/1930 Style/Form:
Tudor Revival style Architect/Builder: Murphy & Dana of NY Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Wood shingle Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations
(with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 2 acres Setting: House sits sits far back from the terminus of Hampton Terrace offering seclusion to this former Presidential
home. House is located in an established residential neighborhood of late nineteenth century homes. The property is contained by a stone fence with gates.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [16 HAMPTON TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1095 __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. The Beeches is a unique home for Northampton, not only for its historical association but also
for its application of the Tudor Revival style, which was not widely used in Northampton at least at this size. The Beeches is a large two-and-a-half story Tudor Revival style home in
a basic “L” shape plan. Characteristic of high style examples of the Tudor Revival style, this home has a steeply pitched roof, through-cornice steeply pitched dormers, massive stone
chimneys, wood shingle siding, and second story jetty. The front entry to the home is defined by a turreted portico. Windows are in singles, doubles, or triples and are located asymmetrically
on the façade. Windows are either six over six sash, or six over nine sash or casement style. On the northeastern elevation of the home, there is a screened porch on the second story
level. 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 Beeches was the home of Calvin Coolidge following his presidency. The Coolidge family lived there from 1930 to 1937, at which time
Mrs. Coolidge moved to Washington Street. The former president died in 1933. Coolidge began his legal career in Northampton in 1897 and at that period boarded with various families on
Round Hill and King Street. In 1907, Coolidge began to rent a dwelling on Massasoit Street; the family remained there through 1930, two years after Coolidge’s presidency, when the steady
stream of sightseers prompted the move to the more secluded Hampton Terrace. Between 1899 and 1928, Coolidge served as a city councilor in Northampton, mayor (1909), state senator (1911),
governor (1918) and vice president (1920). He began his presidency on August 2, 1923, when Warren G. Harding died. Coolidge himself was elected in 1924. The 16-room residence was built
in 1914-1915 for Dr. Henry MacCracken, a professor of English at Smith College; it derived its name from eighty beeches planted on the large property. The home was designed by the New
York firm of Richard Henry Dana and Henry K. Murphy.” 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.