Market Street 60-62.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 This house no longer exists. 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-110 Easthampton NTH.852 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 60-62
Market Street Historic Name: Uses: Present: Original: Date of Construction: 1860-1873 Source: Map & Atlas Style/Form: Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Wall/Trim: Roof:
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.142 acres Setting:
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [60-62MARKET STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.852 ___ 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. 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 double house first appears on the 1873 atlas
as property of ‘P. Williston.’ Market Street is one of the oldest streets in Northampton and originally was lined with Colonial homesteads although most of them were located on the eastern
side of the street, as a brook flowed near the western side. However, the 1831 map does show eight houses on the western side of the street. Then, in the mid 1840’s, the main north-south
railroad in the Connecticut Valle was located here, 100 feet west. This had an impact on the type of housing that was built in the area, particularly on the west side of the street,
backing up to the tracks. There were a lot of tenements and multiple family houses erected during the second half of the 19th century, making this perhaps the densest street in Northampton.”
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.