School Street 12-14.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-201 Easthampton NTH.2002 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 12-14 School Street
Historic Name: William Phillips House Uses: Present: Two unit residence Original: Two unit residence Date of Construction: 1860-1873 Source: Map and Atlas Style/Form: Utilitarian Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl siding post 1980 Condition: Good Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.12 acres Setting: House sits extremely close to the street. Neighborhood comprised of single family and two family homes. Minimal shrubbery lines the house.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [12-14 SCHOOL STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2002 ___ 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 with side gable roof. It is five bays wide and two bays deep. Most
of the homes original architectural features have been removed and replaced with vinyl, and for this reason, it is difficult to discern its original style. Compounding this problem is
the addition of decorative features to the home that are not historic to the home’s era of construction. Examples include the fish scale shingles in the gable field and shed roof double
entryway that is supported by braces with turned posts. The replacement windows have one over one sash; however, there is a four over four sash window above the double entryway on the
second floor, and two over two sash window in each of the gable fields. Some of the windows feature vinyl pediments. The house also features a vinyl dentil row. Both eastern and western
elevations of the home feature two-story wings that are approximately two bays wide and one bay deep. Each wing has a secondary entrance. The house has two brick chimneys along the ridge
of the roof. 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 double house was probably built during the 8160s. The 1873 map definitely shows the house, and at this time it was owned
by William Phillips, a basket maker. The 1860 map is more vague and shows School Street as a winding path leading from the two schools on South Street to the mills on the river. A number
of buildings, probably boarding houses or tenements are in this area.” 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. Northampton Directory:
1868-69, 1873-74, 1885-86.