390 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
25A-61 Easthampton NTH.365
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 390 Bridge Street
Historic Name: Marie N. Tessier House
Uses: Present: two-family house
Original: single-family house
Date of Construction: 1911-1920
Source: Registry of Deeds, Book 669 Page 145
Style/Form: Craftsman bungalow
Architect/Builder: Mr. Tessier, attr.
Exterior Material:
Foundation: fieldstone
Wall/Trim: stucco, fieldstone, shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.13 acres
Setting: This house occupies a corner lot and faces east
towards the Connecticut River on a busy thoroughfare.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [390 BRIDGE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.365
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Tessier House is one of the finest Craftsman style bungalows in Northampton. It is a one-and-a-half story house under a
hipped roof with a front, shed-roof dormer, and hipped roof dormers on north, south and west. The roof of the house extends to
create a three-sided porch roof on the east façade with exposed rafters. The porch roof rests on battered posts above solid
fieldstone porch walls. The house is stucco sided with fieldstone foundations and shingled dormers. There is an integral garage
of one bay at the southwest corner of the house and it has an entry portico resting on braces above its garage door. A similar
portico is located on a secondary entry of the south elevation of the house. Window surrounds on the house are molded but
have splayed lintels. There is a center Craftsman style door with three vertical panels beneath a multi-light glass window. The
door is flanked by two, triple-window compositions with 4/1, 8/1 and 4/1 sashes.
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 1975, “This bungalow was built on Bridge Street after 1910, probably about 1920. An earlier map of 1900
shows a subdivision on upper Bridge Street. In 1911 Marie Tessier purchased the tract for $800; buildings are mentioned but
would not have included the bungalow. According to the present owners the bungalow was built in 1911 by Mr. Tessier, who
was a cabinetmaker and did both the interiors and exterior.”
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.