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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 32A-137 Easthampton NTH.2058 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Northampton Center Address: 33-39 Main Street
Historic Name: Hammond Block (formerly John T. Dewey Block) Uses: Present: Commercial Original: Commercial Date of Construction: 1896 Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Apr. 10, 1896 Style/Form:
Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Benjamin H. Seabury, architect, Springfield Exterior Material: Foundation: not visible Wall/Trim: brick/wood/metal/brownstone Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary
Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Storefronts altered numerous times. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.158 acres Setting: This is a south-facing building
in downtown Northampton.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [33MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2058 ___ 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 John T. Dewey Block is a fine example of a lively, Queen Anne style, commercial building. Architect-designed
as was its neighbor at 25 Main Street, the Masonic Building, this is a three-story building with three commercial spaces on the first story whose materials and configurations are varied.
The most original configuration of the three is the easternmost, a recessed entry between two glass display windows framed in metal and set on a marble base. A steel lintel separates
the storefronts on the first story from the upper two stories. The second and third stories are a tan brick and the façade is divided into three bays separated by four colossal brick
pilasters with brownstone capitals and bases. The outer two bays contain two-story-high angled bay windows with three windows of 1/1 sash beneath stained glass transom lights. The spandrels
between stories are wood panels in a box pattern. The central bay is composed of four, two-story high, stepped, yellow brick arches. Four windows occupy the arches at each story. They
have 1/1 sash and those on the second floor have square, stained glass transom lights, while those on the third floor have arched, stained glass transoms. Between the two stories are
wooden paneled spandrels in a slightly different pattern. Crowing the building is a full entablature of architrave, frieze and cornice topped by a solid balustrade. The entablature and
balustrade are pressed metal and in the frieze is a classical ornament consisting of eight wreaths connected by festooning. The balustrade has a pattern of recessed circles and ovals.
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 1975: “This fine three story block was built for John T. Dewey and designed by a Springfield architect, Seabury, about whom little has yet been discovered.”
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.