South Street 298-300.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 38D-3 Easthampton NTH.1081 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 298 & 300 South Street
Historic Name: Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 18th century Source: visual evidence Style/Form: First Period /Georgian Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Porch added (19th century) Asphalt siding added
(1960s) Vinyl siding added (post 1980) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: Acreage: 0.151 acre Setting: House sits on a corner lot 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] [298 & 300 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1081 _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 home with side gable roof that it is five bays wide and one bay deep. This
house, like its neighbor, exhibits features of First Period construction although it was mostly likely constructed during the Georgian Period. First Period residences typically had a
garrison overhang between the first and second stories, gable-end roofs with little to no eaves, and large central chimneys that were often in clustered shapes. This house only exhibits
a side gable roof with no eaves. The home does have a chimney at its center but it is too small to still be considered a large central chimney. Characteristic of homes constructed in
the 18th century, this house has very small windows that sit close to the roof eaves and a low foundation. Windows on the home have two over two sash, which would have been mid to late
19th century alterations. Overall, this house has been extensively altered. The hipped roof porch was added during the 19th century according to Form B of 1976 and it has turned posts
with craved brackets. The front façade now features two front entries, one of which has a multi-light door. Windows fenestration on the side elevations has also been extensively altered.
A very large rear ell also obscures the house’s original form. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include
uses of the the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. From Form B of 1976: “One of a pair of colonial residences located on South Street, this structure
displays the characteristics of early building in Northampton. A second colonial dwelling is located on the lot to the east. At the corner of Harlow and South Streets another colonial
homestead is located.” 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.