South Street 161.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): April 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 38B-83 Easthampton NTH.1010 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 161 South Street Historic
Name: Chauncey Clark House Uses: Present: Four-family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: c. 1850 Source: Antiquities… p. 182 Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Asbestos Roof: Unknown Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Asbestos siding, 20th century Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.259 acre Setting: 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] [161 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1010 _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-a-half story Italianate style front gable home with double bracketed cornice
and dentil row. The front porch has modillion blocks along the cornice line of the hipped roof and square posts with carved fan brackets that are atypical of the Italianate style in
Northampton, so this may have been a later alteration to the home. Characteristic of the Italianate style style in Northampton, the front gable has an arched window in the gable field
that, in this case, has decorative paneling. Windows throughout the home also have architrave surrounds that encase one over one sash windows. Other features include a one story bay
on the northern elevation with arched windows that match the decorative front gable field window and bracketed side porch on the southern elevation. This house has three brick chimneys,
one of which is on the large two story 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: “This property was originally part of the Deacon Josiah Clark homestead on South Street, which
was established in 1744. By the early 19th century, there were two houses on this homestead, for the two sons of Deacon Clark. The house that was on this parcel of land was removed about
1850 and the present house built. This was for Chauncey Clark, a grandson of Deacon Clark and a prominent person in his own right. For several years, he was a member of the State Legislature,
twice a State Senator and was appointed to an office in the Custom House by George Bancroft. He remained in that office for many years, finally returning to Northampton c. 1850. He lived
in this house until his death in 1869. After that, the property was bought by James Ellsworth, who was a farmer and also served as the town assessor. Mr. Ellsworth maintained this residence
for the rest of the 19th 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.