Market Street 11-15.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, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32A-93 Easthampton NTH.2048 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 11-15 Market Street Historic Name:
O’Donnell’s Block Uses: Present: Commercial, Residential Original: Commercial, Residential Date of Construction: 1884-1895 Source: Atlases Style/Form: Queen Anne/Panel Brick Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick, limestone Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced and openings partially
enclosed, ca. 1990. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.137 acres Setting: This is a west-facing building in a row of commercial buildings.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [11-15MARKET STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2048 ___ 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 O’Donnell Block is a three-story, red brick building with highly contrasting limestone trim.
It has a flat roof bordered by a metal, Queen Anne style cornice with a frieze of 8 panels separated by curved consoles. The first floor of the building is divided into three bays with
a center recessed entry set off by two piers of brick and limestone laid in a striped pattern. The outer two bays are wood framed storefronts whose recessed entries are adjacent to the
center entry and whose outermost bays are single glass display windows below four-light transoms. The second and third stories have three slightly recessed bays with three arched windows
in the outer bays and a single arched window in the center bay. Limestone strincourses form continuous sills for both second and third story windows and connect the arched lintels of
the windows with limestone springing blocks and limestone keystones. This is a highly colorful building with its contrasting materials used to create a visual liveliness that is part
of the Queen Anne style. The modest brickwork of paneling suggests the masonry version of the Queen Anne, which is the Panel Brick style. 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 three story commercial and residential block was he first of its kind to be built on Market Street. This was one of the oldest streets in Northampton and originally was entirely
residential. The Connecticut River Railroad was opened from Springfield to Northampton in 1845, and within a few years was extended northerly into Vermont. This line was laid out about
100 feet westerly of Market Street and paralleled the street northerly. During the latter part of the 19th century, a mini-warehousing district grew up along the western side of the
street near Bridge Street and this promoted non-residential usage or mixed use on the eastern side of Market Street.” 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.