South Street 139-141.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-032 Easthampton NTH.2186 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 139-141 South Street
Historic Name: South Street School Uses: Present: Community /Educational Center Original: School Date of Construction: 1888-1890 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: High Victorian
Gothic Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Brick Roof: Brick Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved:
no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 1.15 acres Setting: School sits far back from the street 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] [139-141 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2186 _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 former brick school was completed in 1891 in the High Victorian Gothic style. It is two-and-a-half
stories tall with a hipped roof and bracketed central gabled pavilion. There are two entrances, one on either side of the central gabled pavilion. These have porches with shed roofs
supported by turned columns and arched openings with quatrefoil cut outs. The central pavilion features a five part band of windows, each with a six over six sash, on both the first
and second stories. The gable field of the pavilion has a three-part band of four over four sash windows over which is a lintel incised with a trefoil above each window. Characteristic
of the High Victorian Gothic style, polychromatic brickwork is used . Brownstone is used for a water table. Sting courses connecting the lintels of the windows on the first and second
floor use red and yellow brick, while the string courses connecting the window sills are projecting double rows of red brick. Window sash on the school is six over six. The southern
elevation of the school has parapeted entrance at the ground floor level. 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. According to Form B of 1980: “This large brick school replaced two smaller schools that
were located on South Street at the corner of School Street.” Completed in 1891, this building served as one of Northampton's primary elementary schools until closing its doors in 1990.
After launching a capital campaign that raised more than $600,000 for the building's restoration, the Northampton Community Music Center moved into this building in 1998. The NCMC was
presented with a Historic Preservation Award from the Northampton Historical Commission. 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. 420-P. 489