South Street 91.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): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-198 Easthampton NTH.2001 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 91 South Street Historic
Name: Charles Whiting House Uses: Present: Six unit residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: circa 1900 Source: Atlas and Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Colonial
Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Brick & wood shingles Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): -Renovated
into a six unit residence before1980 which resulted in additional porches served by fire escapes. Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.15 acres Setting: This corner
lot home sits close to the road along busy State Route 10. Property surrounded by stately homes, many of which have been converted into multi-unit condominiums or rental buildings.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [91 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2001 _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 Colonial Revival style home with truncated hipped roof with hipped
dormers and bracketed cornice. This large square shaped home has brick cladding on the first story and wood shingle cladding on the second story. The house has two entry porches. The
brick entry porch on the South Street elevation is enclosed. Above this is an enclosed stacked porch. This house was converted into a six unit residence before1980 which resulted in
the addition of the metal fire escape on the South Street side of the home. The second entry porch is on the School Street side. This hipped roof entry porch has a wide frieze, square
columns, and square balusters. Above this entry porch is a Palladian style window with keystone. The house has a cast stone watertable as well as cast stone lintels and sills on the
first story. All windows have replacement one over one sash but they have retained their original surrounds. Windows on the South Street elevation are in pairs while the windows on the
School Street elevation are in singles or triples. The hipped dormers have a band of windows separated by Colonial Revival style pilasters. 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 large house was was probably built by Charles Whiting shortly after he acquired this lot from the estate of Jonathan Wells in 1899. Mr. Whiting was a partner with J.L. Mather in
a carpentry and masonry firm.” 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 862-P. 113, 527-318 Northampton
Directory 1900