Pomeroy Terrace 10.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):
May, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32A-237 Easthampton NTH.2115 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 10 Pomeroy Terrace Historic Name: Chester
H. Dakin House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1884 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added and windows replaced,
ca. 2000. Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: x 0.321 acres Setting: This house faces west and on its east are the Northampton fairgrounds.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [10 POMEROY TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2115 _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 two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house has lost much of its stylistic character by the
application of vinyl siding and replacement windows. The house is L-shaped in plan. It has a front-gabled section and a wing on the north and in the angle between the two sections is
a stacked porch. The porch at first story level is supported on posts and has a fine jigsaw-cut railing. Its second story stacked section has a turned post support and brackets at the
eaves, which suggests the first story porch supports were originally turned as well. There is a cross-gable on the south elevation that has a jerkin head roof and at the first story
level of the south elevation is an angled bay window. The south elevation also has a recessed side porch in the angle between the main block and an east ell. 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: “In 1884, the Samuel Wright estate was subdivided into building lots. These were all on the eastern side of Pomeroy Terrace, and extended from Bridge Street to M.M. French’s
house opposite Phillips Place. During that same year, Edward Brooks, local grocer, purchased lot 2 from the estate for $1200. Three months later, he sold the lot to Chester Dakin for
$1500. Mr. Dakin was the station agent for the New Haven Northampton Railroad.” 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. 400-P. 371, 389-251, 387-335
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [10 POMEROY TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.2115 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 Dakin House would contribute to a potential Pomeroy Terrace historic district that developed south and east of the
Bridge Street Cemetery from the second third of the 19th century as Northampton’s finest residential district. Original residents here were merchants, retired farmers, lawyers, and other
professions. As the century progressed the adjacent streets were laid out for the growing middle class with railroad personnel joining clerks, teachers, and others. Architecturally the
potential historic district is significant for the fine examples of the 19th century architectural styles from the Greek and Gothic Revivals, Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival
styles. The district includes significant examples of the work of Northampton architect William Fenno Pratt. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting,
design and materials.