Prospect Street 242.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: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 24D-226-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 242 Prospect Street Historic Name:
Lewis Berger House Uses: Present: Single-family house Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: ca. 1915 Source: Street Directories Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved:
no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.131 acres Setting: This house is let on the lower slope of Round Hill, so its lot rises to the southwest.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [242 Prospect Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH. ___ 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 one-and-a-half story, front-dormer bungalow whose roof extends on the north façade to create a deep porch.
The porch rests on battered posts – that is, posts that are larger at the bottom than at the top – a Craftsman stylistic detail. The posts have shingled bases. The house is three bays
wide and six deep. On the east elevation is a through-eaves exterior wall chimney. chimney. In its gable ends are jetties. The chimney and jetties are Craftsman features. On the west
elevation is a secondary enclosed entry that has a shed 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. This house was occupied by Lewis and Lia Berger as early as 1919 and they were there through 1940.
Lewis Berger was an immigrant from Austria/Hungary and managed the Women’s Sample Shop in Northampton. The Bergers had several children and a servant who lived with them. 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.