127 Bridge Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Topographic or Assessor's Map
Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
32A-242 Easthampton NTH.2120
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 127 Bridge Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: single-family house
Original: single-family house
Date of Construction: 1914
Source: Directories
Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.523 acres
Setting: West-facing house is set back slightly from the
street and is landscaped with a traditional scheme of
foundation hedges and tree-shaded lawn.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [127 BRIDGE STREET]
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is one of the best-preserved Craftsman style bungalows in Northampton. It is one-and-a-half stories in height under a
hipped roof with a centered front dormer. The house is three bays wide and three bays deep and is shaded by deep eaves with
exposed rafters in Craftsman style, which aimed for honest and evident craftsmanship. The house is made with local materials:
wood shingles, brick foundations and is set low and close to the earth. All the trim is battered, that is to say it is broader at the
base than at the top, which is a design feature borrowed from Asian architecture, one of the influences on the Craftsman style.
The roof eaves extend on the west to create a porch that is supported on battered posts that rest on brick plinths and are
connected by a square railing. The center door surround is battered and has a paneled door with a 15 light upper half. Flanking
the center entrance are two battered three-part window compositions. On the north is a composition with a center window of
one light and a 16-light transom between two windows with 12/1 lights. On the south is a composition window with three 16/1
windows in a bay shape. There is a through-eaves exterior wall chimney on the north elevation.
A Craftsman style garage is an important part of this property. It has battered bays under its hipped 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 early twentieth century bungalow style residence was built on a parcel of land located between the 19th c. Parsons’ and
Seth Hunt residences.
Bonnie: Do directories on this.
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.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [127 BRIDGE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
Check all that apply:
Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district
Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district
Criteria: A B C D
Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G
Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________
The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here.
This house would contribute to a potential Pomeroy Terrace historic district that developed south and east of the
Bridge Street Cemetery from the second third of the 19th century as Northampton’s finest residential district. Original
residents here were merchants, retired farmers, lawyers, and other professions. As the century progressed the adjacent
streets were laid out for the growing middle class with railroad personnel joining clerks, teachers, and others, and lots
were divided to allow new construction into the 20th century..
Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the fine examples of the 19th century architectural styles
from the Greek and Gothic Revivals, Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. The district includes
significant examples of the work of Northampton architect William Fenno Pratt. The district includes several early
20th century buildings that meet the standards established in the 19th century for architecture, including this fine
Craftsman bungalow. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and
materials.