57 Cherry Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Photograph
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-040 Easthampton NTH.2016
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 57 Cherry Street
Historic Name: H. Hutchins House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: ca. 1785
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Federal
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: parged brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos, tarpaper and wood shingles
Roof: asphalt and wood shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Wing added ca. 1900
Condition: poor
Moved: no | | yes | x | Date 1830-1840
Acreage: 0.19 acres
Setting: This house faces north and is set close to the
street in a residential neighborhood leading from the Bridge
Street Cemetery.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [57 Cherry Street]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2016
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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 a one-and-a-half story house under a side-gable, gambrel roof with a center chimney. It is five bays wide and the outer
windows are set more closely together than evenly spaced. The center entry has a four-light transom above its door. These are
the characteristics of an 18th century Federal style house. Above each pair of windows and above the center door is a front-
gabled dormer whose trim is not of the quality or apparent age of the house, suggesting they were later additions. The house
has at least three types of artificial siding and it has had the rear elevation of the roof raised to add an ell across the b ack of the
building, which changes its profile. Having been moved, the house rests on brick foundations that are higher than the original
stone foundations would have been. Trim around the windows is 19th century stock molding trim and the door has no visible
surround. The portico on posts is a 20th century addition. Windows are 6/1. There is a one-story wing added on the east side of
the house, probably after 1900. The house has had considerable surface changes and some structural ones but its age is still
apparent.
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, “This gambrel-roofed residence was originally located on the north side of Bridge Street. It was
possibly built ca. 1785 as the homestead of Hezekiah Hutchins. During the 1820s the property was purchased by the
proprietors of St. John’s Episcopal Church to serve as the site for their church. It is reported that the house was given to James
Buckman, who moved it to its present site on Cherry Street. The Buckmans maintained this property until the late 1880s.”
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 407 page 270; book 136 page 104; Book 107 Page 201; Book 104 page 32; Book 101 page 52; Book
62 page 123; Book 52 page 328; Book 44 page 405; Book 17 page 555; Book 16 page 131.
Forbes Library: Photographic Collection-Hezekiah Hutchins House.