41 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-115 Easthampton NTH.2142
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 41 Conz Street
Historic Name: Samuel Clark House
Uses: Present: Two unit residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1828-1831
Source: Registry of Deeds and Maps
Style/Form: Late Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Unknown/ Cement-covered
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
- Replacement siding & windows, 2008
- Altered front porch, 2008
- Replacement window in front gable, 2008
- Cement covered foundations, 2000s
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.36 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 other former single family homes
that have been converted into multi unit housing or
commercial use.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [41 CONZ STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2142
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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 two-and-a-half story late Greek Revival home with pedimented front gable. The house is three bays wide and three
bays deep with side hall front entry. The house has lost most of its distinguishing stylistic features. The tympanum has lost its
arched window to a circular window. The front entry originally had a trabeated surround with full length sidelights but the cornice
has been covered over by a portico with arched roof, unadorned wooden posts, and metal balustrade. There is a brick chimney
along the ridgeline of the home. The small windows, a feature of the Greek Revival style, have replacement one over one
sashes. A three-sided bay extends off the southeastern elevation of the home and was likely built in the mid 1800s.The house
has a two-story rear ell with double height enclosed porch off the southeastern elevation of the home as well as a secondary
entrance located on this side. On the northwest elevation is a shallow wing that is one bay wide and two bays deep.
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: “In 1828 Samuel Clark bought a third of an acre from Justice Parsons for $200. The house seems to
appear on the 1831 town map. During the 1840's and early 1850's the house was owned by Nathan and Henry Dikeman.
Afterwards the property passed to the hands of Henry S. Gere, proprietor of the Hampshire Gazette. Mr. Gere lived here until the
late 1880s when he moved into a large, newly constructed home on High St. (now Lyman Road). His Conz Street house passed
to his son Collins H. Gere.”
Property owned by a member of the Bart family at least since 1980.
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. 166-P. 488, 155-208, 89-449, 59-658.
Hampshire Gazette, May 19, 1868.