Liberty Street 15.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 30B-25 Easthampton NTH.433 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Address: 15 Liberty Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1895-1915 Source: Atlases Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage:
0.128 acres Setting: This house faces west on a shady, residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [15 LIBERTY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.433 _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 house together with its neighbor at 14 Liberty Street is among the best-preserved Queen Anne
style houses in Bay State village. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gabled roof with a cross-gable bay on the south elevation. The cross-gable bay has a second projecting
gable on its south elevation, which rests on posts at the first story to create an open side porch. This is an unusual configuration in Northampton, though a related example is at 12
East Street. Like its neighbor at #14, the house is two bays wide on its west façade at the first story level, with a door and a large, fixed-light window sheltered by a full-width porch.
The presence of a fixed-light window in Queen Anne houses in Northampton began in the last decade of the 19th century, and persisted through the early 20th century as a “picture window”.
The hipped roof porch has turned post supports and brackets at its eaves. Sash in the house is 2/2, retaining the appearance of the house at the time of its construction. 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: “This house was built around the turn of the century on Maple Street (now Liberty Street). Originally, this lot was part of the Main Street (now Riverside
Drive) fronting lot, which was owned by Luke White in 1895. As development in Bay State proceeded however, a number of the deep Main Street lots were subdivided to produce residential
lots on the side streets.” 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [15 LIBERTY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.433 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. This property would contribute to a Bay State Village Historic District as the home of families who worked in the local
cutlery factories that dominated the industry of the village from the middle of the 19th century into the 20th century. Architecturally the house is a fine example of the Queen Anne
style.