South Street 235.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-72 Easthampton NTH.1002 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 235 South Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Schoolhouse Date of Construction: mid 19th century Source: maps and visual evidence Style/Form: No style Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick & vinyl Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl siding (post 1980) Front portico altered (post
1980) Windows replaced (post 1980) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.113 acre 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] [235 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1002 _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 story former school house with side gable roof that was converted into a residence
with the addition of a second story around 1884. The house is five bays wide and two bays deep. The first story has brick cladding while the second story has vinyl cladding. At the center
of the front façade is a portico with shed roof. This portico is not original to the home and was was put on some time after 1980, replacing a gabled portico with paired square posts.
Windows on the first story are mostly one over one replacement sash while the upper windows are mostly two over two sash. There are two brick chimneys along the ridge of the slate 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 structure originally was a one-story brick schoolhouse for the town of Northampton. Solomon Clark, in his review of Northampton homesteads,
states that Nathaniel Edwards, who was born in 1729, taught one of the earliest schools on South Street. This became a family tradition and his son, grandson, and great-granddaughter
all taught school on this site. The one-story brick schoolhouse was probably built early in the 19th century. In 1890, a larger and more modern school was built farther east on South
Street and this building was no longer needed. Alfred Wade, who lived at 237 South Street, purchased the lot and building for $545 in 1884 and had the second floor added to create a
leasable residence.” 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.