222 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
25C-123 Easthampton NTH.391
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 222 Bridge Street
Historic Name: Chester White House
Uses: Present: two-family residence
Original: single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1898-1900
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Chester White, builder
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and windows replaced, ca. 1990.
Condition: fair-good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.165 acres
Setting: This house faces east and is set close to the
street on a lot with developed flower beds.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [222 BRIDGE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.413
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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 an idiosyncratic Queen Anne style house that is vinyl-sided, has brick foundations and an asphalt shingled roof. It is two-
and-a-half stories under a pyramidal hipped roof, and at its south west corner is a three-story tower under a Turkish domed roof.
The house is two bays wide and shares with its neighbor at 274 Bridge Street a slightly projecting pavilion on the façade, a large,
fixed-light window in the pavilion, and triangular shaped dormers on the roof. Entry in to the house is through the tower that has
an adjacent large, fixed light window as well. A porch extends across two bays of the east façade. It is supported on chamf ered
posts with ornate brackets at the eaves. The roof of the house has wide eaves overhang and an ornate row of closely spaced
brackets supports the eaves. A wide frieze band encircles the buildings above a row of sawtooth molding. The house now has
replacement 1/1 sash and the siding obscures the depth of detail that may still be present. There is a rear corner porch that
adds to the building’s complexity.
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 the Form B of 1980, “In 1898 Edson Clark sold Chester White a portion of his house lot on Bridge Street. There were
restrictions attached, including no house built closer than 26’ to Mr. Clark’s residence. Mr. White was a carpenter and builder,
and built this house soon afterwards, as he was listed here in the 1900 directory.”
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: Book 710 page 3; Book 511 page 165.
Northampton Directory 1900.