South Street 253.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-65 Easthampton NTH.1000 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 253 South Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: early 19th century Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Front entry altered (post 1980) Windows replaced
(post 1980) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.17 acre Setting: House sits in a 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] [253 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1000 _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 Federal style house with side gable roof. It is five bays wide and one bay
deep. This house is now vinyl sided and it has a asphalt roof. At the center of the front façade is a front entry with a broken pediment, which is a post 1980 alteration to the house
that replaced a narrow trabeated door with projecting cornice. Windows on the home are one over one replacement sash. Along the ridge at the center of the roof are two small brick chimneys.
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 simple five-bay Colonial type house may have been built early in the 19th century. During the second half of the century, the property
was in the hands of the Strong family, and it may have been owned by them even earlier. Sgt. Jonathan Strong was the first member of this old Northampton family to settle on South Street,
doing so in 1730, and there has been some member of the family on the street until well into the 20th 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. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 471-P. 63, 267-48, 94-384 and 386