25 Conz 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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
32C-117 Easthampton NTH.2144
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 25 Conz Street
Historic Name: Naomi Pease House
Uses: Present: Single family home
Original: Single family home
Date of Construction: 1830-31
Source: Registry of Deeds and Map
Style/Form: Late Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Stone & Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Porch, mid 1800s
Replacement windows, circa 1990
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.33 acres
Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a
major local and regional thoroughfare. Lot has a few trees
and shrubs. House among former single family homes that
have been converted into multi unit housing.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [25 CONZ STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2144
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The house is two-and-a-half stories in height with pedimented front gable. It is three bays wide and three bays deep with side
hall entry. The form, pedimented roof, and age of the home denoted that it is a late Greek Revival style home with late 19th
century alterations. Greek Revival features include the tympanum with flush board siding and a two over two sash replacement
window as well as the slim corner boards and a simple frieze that define the home. The full-width front porch was likely a mid to
late 19th century alteration to the home to make it more in character with contemporary styles. The front porch has a very low-
pitched hipped roof with turned posts, carved brackets and patterned balustrade that extends across the three-bay front façade.
The home’s original two over two sash windows exist behind metal storm windows. These windows are fairly large, further
emphasizing that this is a late Greek Revival style home. There is an exterior chimney on the northwest elevation as well as a
narrow one-story projection on this side. A small, one-story rear ell extends off the southwest elevation of the home. The house
is clapboard sided and rests on a stone and brick foundation.
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.
In 1830 Naomi Pease bought a third of an acre of land fronting Maple St (now Conz Street) from Justice Parsons for $200. The
house seems to appear on the 1831 map, and remained in the Pease family until 1895.
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.
1831-Town Map
1854 County Map
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 473-P. 407, 402-7, 374-332, 365-481 and 63-390.