North Street 134.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 25C-6 Easthampton NTH.383 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 134 North Street Historic Name: Arthur
L. and Alice B. Kingsbury House Uses: Present: Two-family house Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: 1887-1895 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Carriage barn Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.761 acres Setting: This house faces south with a view across the Bridge Street Cemetery.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [134 NORTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.383 ___ 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 Kingsbury House is one of the most exuberant Queen Anne style houses in this part of Northampton.
It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a side-gable roof that has a cross-gable on the south and a three-story tower at its southeast corner for a visually lively elevation. A
hipped roof porch crosses the south façade and is supported on heavy turned posts. The posts are connected at eaves level by connected solid brackets and by railings with square balusters.
This version of the Queen Anne style is termed “Free Classical” for the use of Tudor-derived half-timbering in its gables and for the variety of exterior surfaces that include here clapboards
at the first story and shingles above. The tower under its peaked hipped roof is illuminated by a large round window with Queen Anne multi-light sash on the south whose frame is ornamented
with keystones, and by a lunette window on the east. A jetty separates first and second stories and on the east elevation is a second lunette stair window adjacent to a two-story angled
bay on a paneled base with a bracket-ornamented roof. There is an unusual through-dormer chimney on the west elevation. North of the house is a fine carriage barn in good condition.
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 large late 18th century residence was built for Arthur Kingsbury, the owner of the Kingsbury Box and Printing Company on North Street.
In 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury bought this lot from Edward Strong. Mr. Strong was a farmer and owned a large homestead on North Street. During the 1880’s, he began selling lots along
the northern side of the street for residential development. By 1895, five houses had been constructed, including this one.” 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. 123