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33-35 Conz Street Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph 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-116 Easthampton NTH.2143 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 33-35 Conz Street Historic Name: Daniel Willcut House Uses: Present: Commercial & Four unit residence Original: Two family residence Date of Construction: 1830-31 Source: Registry of Deeds & Maps Style/Form: Late Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Daniel Willcut Exterior Material: Foundation: Stone Wall/Trim: Brick Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): - Front gable window - Altered porch Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.37 acres Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a major local and regional thoroughfare. House sits on a deep lot. Lot has a few trees and shrubs. House among former single family homes that have been converted into multi unit housing or for commercial use. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [33-35 CONZ STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.2143 ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a two-and-a-half story late Greek Revival homes with pedimented front gable. The tympanum has a large triangular inset which appears to have been restored as window from its 20th century alteration that saw the original window boarded and replaced with a small louvered form. Window fenestration suggests that the house started as three bays wide and three bays deep and that the last two of the five bays were a later addition. A full-width front porch extends across the front façade. The front porch was altered some time after the home was first inventoried in 1980. At this time, the porch had a hipped roof, chamfered posts and balustrade. There was also a double central entrance with transom overhead. The porch now has a shed roof, square posts and replacement balustrade. The transom above the double central entrance has either been removed or covered over. The porch alteration also covered over the home’s original stone lintels on the front façade. The porch alteration project also included the addition of a walk out porch on the second story using the same footprint of the porch below to provide secondary access for the living units on the second floor. At the location of the double central entrance on the second story had been a double window with stone lintel. All of the windows on the homes have been replaced with one over one sash. The house is clad in brick and rests on a stone foundation. It continues to have four brick chimneys located at the four corners of the home. There is a sizable two-story rear ell extending off the southwestern elevation of the home. A one story porch on the southeastern elevation of the ell has been enclosed. 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 Form B of 1980: “This double house was built in the early 1830s by Daniel Willcut. Willcut had obtained 1/3 of an acre from Justice Parsons in 1830 for $433.33, and the house seems to appear on the 1831 map. Mr. Willcut was a prominent local mason of the mid 19th century. He had learned his trade with Seth Strong, the town's master mason and builder of the “Round House” across the street. Owned by Daniel and Shirley Levin in 1980 and currently owned by Frank T. Samson who bought the house in 1996. Building was converted into four apartments with commercial space on the first floor. 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 Map 1854 map. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 390-P. 154, 222-155, 222-65, 117-448, 90-125, 79-154 and 63-258.