South Street 117.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 38B-26 Easthampton NTH.2185 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 117 South Street Historic
Name: Clark-Day House Uses: Present: Four unit residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: Early 19th Century Source: Registry of Deeds & visual evidence Style/Form:
Federal Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Front porch, circa
1990 Windows, late 20th century Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.185 acres Setting: The house is raised above the street line by a small hill. House sits in a
residential neighborhood of former single family homes that have been converted to buildings with two or more residential units.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [117 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2185 _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-half story Federal style house with a slate side gabled roof. The house is five
bays wide and four bays deep. It has a recessed center entrance with leaded glass sidelights and transom and smooth pilasters. The house presently has a gabled entry porch with fish
scale shingles in the gable, square columns with decorative brackets and high pedestals, and balustrade with turned balusters. This porch was added to the home after the house was first
inventoried in 1980. At that time, the house had a hipped roof porch that extended cross the full length of the front façade and wrapped around to the northern elevation. In addition,
the former porch had a pedimented front entry and square columns with braces. Windows on the home are replacements with mostly one over one sash. The slate roof features two interior
brick chimneys. This house was converted into four condominium units in the early 2000s. 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 five-bay, Colonial-type house probably
dates from the early 19th century. Bohan Clark acquired the property in 1818, and made this his homestead. In 1863 his son sold the house and land to the three Day brothers, Nathaniel,
William and Leonard. The brothers were brick manufacturers and operated a steam saw mill at the lower end of South St. Leonard Day took up residence here and lived here until his death
in 1899.” 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. 212-P. 130, 76-317, 44-249.