Linden Street 17.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 25C-207 Easthampton NTH.408 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 17 Linden Street Historic Name: Nelson
Hebert House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: possibly 1860-1873 Source: Map and Atlas Style/Form: Raised Cape form Architect/Builder:
attr. builder: Nelson Hebert. Exterior Material: Foundation: parged brick Wall/Trim: shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
deck added on south façade, ca. 2000. Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | | possibly possibly Date ca. 1880 Acreage: 0.327 acres Setting: This house faces south and away from the street
on which it is located towards a large open space.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [17 LINDEN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.408 ___ 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 raised Cape house under a side-gable roof with an off-center chimney behind the roof
ridge. It is one-and-a-half stories in height and is three bays wide and two deep. There are two knee-high windows on the south façade. The entrance to the house is off-center and between
two windows with 6/6 sash. There is a one-story wing on the east elevation. As a house form, the raised Cape became less popular once the Greek Revival’s front-gable houses with side
hall entries were introduced commonly about 1830, as the side hall floor plan was more economical and the layout was an improvement for family living. If the construction date is accurate,
this house was a conservative design. 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 predates Linden Street, which wasn’t opened until 1893. It was reached by a small avenue
off Walnut Street and was built between 1860 and 1873, most probably by Nelson Hebert, a carpenter who is listed as owning the property on the 1873 atlas. The house also faces southerly,
away from Linden Street.” The location of this house according to the atlases cited above is not as clear as the text suggests. Further research is needed to ascertain whether the house
was moved moved to its present location or not. Construction of the house would suggest an earlier date. 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.