Henry Street 25.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 32C-311 Easthampton NTH.2169 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 25 Henry Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Three-family residence Original: Single family home Date of Construction: c. 1830 Source: Maps & visual evidence Style/Form: Late Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl siding 1980s Removal of front window on front
façade and replacement with second entry door. Condition: Good Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: Acreage: 1.96 acres Setting: House sits on a large lot on dead-end street in a quiet
residential neighborhood on the fringes of Northampton’s city center.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [25 HENRY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2169 ___ 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 two-and-a-half story late Greek Revival style home with pedimented front gable roof.
The house is three bays wide and four bays deep. One of the window bays on the front façade was removed after 1980 and replaced with a second entry door. It was likely at this time that
the entire house was remodeled from single family home into a three-unit home. The original, primary entry door has a trabeated surround with half-length side lights. The front of the
home features a full-width one-story porch with low-pitched hipped roof. It is unknown when the porch was added to the house as it has lost all of its historic features. All the windows
have been replaced on the home and now have one over one sash. On the northeastern elevation of the principal block of the home is a small three sided bay. Directly above the bay is
a modern wooden deck that provides a secondary egress to the second floor by way of a larger exterior staircase. The home has had two rear ells extending off the southeastern elevation
of the principal block of the house in succession. 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: “Henry Street was originally known as Venturers Field Road, and led from Hockanum Ferry
Road to Goodman’s Ferry, which crossed the Connecticut River to Hadley Center. This road first appears on the 1831 map, but certainly predates that time as Goodman’s Ferry was first
begun in the mid 17th century. The meadows are Northampton’s chief scenic characteristic, and were not built upon because of flooding, except for a small area near Williams Street, which
included Valley, Montview and Henry Streets. This area was predominantly developed around the turn of the 20th century and was periodically flooded until the construction of the dike
as a WPA project. This house has a high water mark from one of the 1930’s floods at the mid-window level on the first story. The 1831 Map shows two houses on Venturers Field Road, one
at this site and one at the corner of Hockanum Ferry Road.” 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.