North Street 53.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-199 Easthampton NTH.406 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 53 North Street Historic Name: William
Allen House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1840 Source: maps of 1830 and 1873 Style/Form: Gothic Revival/Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick and concrete Wall/Trim: aluminum Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Shed Major Alterations (with dates): House sided, windows replaces,
porch enclosed and ell added, 1900-2000. Condition: fair Moved: no | x | yes | | | Date Acreage: 0.196 acres Setting: This house occupies a corner lot that is raised behind a low embankment.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [53 NORTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.406 ___ 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 Allen House is a two-and-a-half story Gothic Revival style house that was designed in a form
that was popular in both the Gothic Revival and Italianate periods with a side-gable roof on which is centered a cross-gable. In this case the steep pitch of the cross gable gives the
house a firm Gothic Revival character, although an arched window in the cross-gable is Italianate. The house has been sided and its windows replaced with vinyl, both of which have detracted
from its historic appearance as does the glassed-in porch. It is five bays wide and two bays deep and there is a two-and-a-half story ell on the east whose fenestration is a mix of replacement
sash and inserted stock bay windows. 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 residence was probably constructed in the second half of the 18th century. Deed research
is confusing before the early 19th century, but the property is described as the homestead of Phinaz Clark in 1819. The house passed through several owners in the early 19th century
before being bought by Ruth Champlin Tenney in 1842. After her death, the property passed to her sister, who was wife of William Allen Jr. Mr. Allen was a local attorney who rose to
become a judge on the State Supreme Judicial Court. The Allens maintained the property for the rest of the 19h century.” 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. 96-P. 394, 84-421, 82-524, 50-591, 46-441, 45-123