Massasoit Street 44.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 24C-74 Easthampton NTH.288 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 44 Massasoit Street Historic Name:
John W. Draper House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1889-1895 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Wing added, carport
added, windows added at attic level, 1980-2000. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.444 acres Setting: This is an east-facing house on a residential street of similarly-dated
houses.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [44MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.288 __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. The Draper House is a two-and-a-half story house under a side-gable roof with a centered dross-gable
bay on the east façade. In the south angle between the main block and the cross-gable bay is a shed-roofed porch that rests on a single turned post. Full-length French doors open on
to this porch. In the north angle between the main block and the cross-gabled bay is a flat-roofed porch and a one-story added wing that may originally have been a wrap around porch
that was enclosed for use as a room. The cross-gable bay is angled on the first story and rectangular on the second story creating chamfered corners. Windows are paired throughout much
of the house and all have replacement 1/1 sash. There is a shed-roofed carport on the north elevation. This house has been modernized and much of its original trim has been removed,
but in form it retains its Queen Anne styling. 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: “Massasoit Street was laid out in 1869 but most of the development took place between the mid 1880’s
and mid 1890’s. In 1889, John W. Draper, co-proprietor of a firm which did tinning plumbing, and steam and gas fitting, purchased lot no. 8 of the subdivision plan for $425. This house
was constructed by 1895 when it appears on the atlas, and served as Mr. Draper’s homestead.” 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. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 424-P. 53, 406-33, 402-144
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [44MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.288 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. The Draper House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary corridor,
Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few
gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton for several hundred years
to the present. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival
and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Draper House is a fair example of the Colonial Revival
style and would contribute to the historic district. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.