Milton Street 109-115.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 30B-100 Easthampton NTH.443 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Address: 109-115 Milton Street (formerly
111-113) Historic Name: Paper Mill Boardinghouse Uses: Present: Four-family residence Original: boarding house Date of Construction: early 19th century Source: History of Northampton,
map of 1831 Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: granite, brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.654 acres Setting: Set on a knoll on a corner lot, this house faces southeast.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [109-115MILTON STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.443 _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. This is a two-and-a-half story house with a side-gable roof on which are two chimneys. The clapboard-sided
house rests on high granite foundations though there is a brick section at the south corner of the building. The house is seven bays wide and two bays deep and there is a two-and-a-half
story ell on the rear with a side porch on the north elevation. The southeast façade has two entries – one in the second and one in the fourth bay. They are both trabeated though unequal
in size, the northernmost being the larger of the two. Wide paneled pilasters support high entablatures in each of the door surrounds and the pilasters are decorated with over-scaled
Greek key ornaments in relief. The doors themselves are both eight panel and the larger entry has full-length but very narrow sidelights flanking the door. The door surrounds are clearly
Greek Revival in style, but the boarding house itself is a form that was built for taverns and inns from the 18th century, so the history of the building is not entirely apparent from
its exterior. 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: “William Butler, the founder of the Hampshire Gazette, established a paper mill at the confluence of Broughton Meadow Brook Brook and
the Mill River in 1786. This mill passed through many hands during the 19th century, and was continually being rebuilt after disastrous fires. A small village, aptly named Paper Mill
Village, grew around the mill during the 19th century and was totally owned by the mill owner. The 1887 transaction describes the property as consisting of ’36 acres with 13 dwelling
houses, a barn, store, sheds and brick paper mill with dams, water rights.’” 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. 414-P.345, 277-270-273, 273-401, 268-207-21?, 124-175, 85-254, 79-96
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [109-115MILTON STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.443 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 property would contribute to a Paper Mill Village Historic District for the industry that occupied the site on the
Mill River from 1789 – 1889 and included a water power system, whose canal remains, as well as a boarding house for its workers at 111-117 Milton Street and the Mill Superintendent’s
house at 122 Federal Street. Several properties not yet inventoried would contribute to the potential district as well. Subsequent history of the properties would develop further industrial
uses and residences for those associated with the cutlery industry after 1889. The remains of a canal are important as part of a water power system that began in the late 18th century.
Architecturally the buildings in this potential historic district represent Federal and Greek Revival and the common forms constructed for boarding houses, superintendents’ houses, single-family
workers’ house and a paper mill.