South Street 295.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-57 Easthampton NTH.2195 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 295 South Street Historic
Name: Emil Herrmann House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1922 Source: Building Permit Style/Form: Arts and Crafts Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Stucco Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Two bay garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes
| | Date Acreage: 0.512 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] [295 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2195 _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 Arts and Crafts style house with side gable red slate roof and stucco cladding.
The front façade has an asymmetrical window fenestration with a band of five six over twelve sash windows on the first story and an upper story with two three part windows separated
by a six over six sash window. The second story is unusual in the sense that goes through the cornice. The gabled front entry is almost Tudor Revival in style. On the southern elevation
of the home is a two story wing with similar window fenestration. On the northern side of the house is a much shallower wing. The original windows are present but somewhat hidden behind
metal storm windows. The house has one brick chimney on the rear slope of the roof. The property also includes a two bay garage with front gable 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 stucco-covered house was built for Emil Herrmann in 1922 at a cost of $7000. Mr. Herrmann was a knitter for McCallum Hosiery Company and seems to have made use
of the Company’s policy of providing plans for worker’s cottages. A small brochure from 1920 illustrates five plans of the Boston architects Fox and Gale which were made for McCallum
Co. employees’ cottages on Woodlawn Avenue. The five plans were entitled Type D, E, G, H, and J leading to the conclusion that more than five plans were originally prepared for the McCallum
Co. This house bears a close resemblance to Type E of the five known plans.” 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.