Massasoit Street 51.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 24C-90 Easthampton NTH.296 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 51 Massasoit Street Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1895-1915 Source: Atlases Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl siding applied and windows replaced, ca. 2000. Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.365 acres Setting: This house faces west on a lot with a large side yard.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [51MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.296 ___ 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 two-and-a-half story house follows a common Colonial Revival plan and elevation. It has a
pyramidal hipped roof with a hipped cross-gable bay on the south and a centered front dormer with a hipped roof. A chimney rises behind the roof peak. There is a one-and-a-half story
ell on the east. This house is three bays wide at the first story with an off-center entry flanked by a large, fixed-light window under a transom light and a single window with 1/1 sash.
At second story level the house is two bays wide. Traversing the west façade is a Colonial Revival style porch with a hipped roof that rests on Doric columns. It has a turned baluster
railing. This house form was popular at the beginning of the 20th century for its simplified floor plan and large spaces that adapted well to family life. 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 1880s and mid 1890s. By 1895, most of the present residences had been constructed,
and any further building took place by filling in the gaps.” 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [51MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.296 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. This 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 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 house is a fine 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.