South Street 206.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):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 38B-197 Easthampton NTH.1064 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 206 South Street Historic Name: Martin
Clapp House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single family Date of Construction: c. 1860 Source: Maps and visual evidence Style/Form: Gothic Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Asbestos shakes (circa 1970s) Clapboard siding (circa
2000s) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.257 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] [206 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1064 _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 Gothic Revival style home with front gable roof and multiple wall
gables on northern and southern elevations. First floor windows have drip edge surrounds while second story windows have flat stock surrounds that extends upwards to form fanciful peaks.
This window ornamentation was placed on the home at some point after 1980 as they are not show on Form B of 1980. The home was indeed renovated some time after 1980. Additional research
on this home needs to occur to determine if these were the window’s original ornamentation. One of the other important renovations that occurred was the removal of the asbestos shake
siding and the return to its original clapboard siding. The original six over six sash windows have been retained. Form B from 1980 states that the side porch on the northern elevation
was added and sided in the mid 20th century. On the southern elevation of the home, there is a second story blind window and first story bay window. There is a brick chimney on the center
ridge of the roof of the main block of the house. There is a two story rear ell with back porch and barn in connected-farm plan. 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 1979 & 1980: “This
house is almost identical to the one next north to it on South Street, although this one was originally built of wood and the other one out of brick. They originally were the homestead
of two brothers, Martin and Edwin Clapp, who were farmers and owned and cultivated large tracts of the best meadowland. In addition, they bought and sold horses and established a large
horse market.” 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.