18 East 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
38B-118 Easthampton NTH.1034
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 18 East Street
Historic Name: Second Congregational Church
Parsonage Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1894-95
Source: Registry of Deeds and atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards and shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.176 Acres
Setting: House is located in a neighborhood of late 19th
century houses on tree-shaded streets. Developed gardens
are part of the neighborhood’s landscape.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [18 EAST STREET ]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1034
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Second Congregational Parsonage was built with much of the élan of the Queen Anne style. It is a two-and-a-half story
house under a pyramidal hipped roof that is slate-covered. The house has scalloped shingles on the second story and gable
ends, and clapboards on the first story. Stringcourses, belt courses and other framing-type panels make of the building’s first
story exterior a lively surface. The volume of the house is equally diverse. There is a transverse gable bay on the east that
extends only through the second story to be supported on a row of brackets. A second transverse gable is located on the west
and a third at the northwest corner of the house. A shed-roofed oriel is set between the second and third transverse gables at
second story level. Clearly, the asymmetry of the Queen Anne style is at work on this interesting house. A full-width porch
crossed the north façade. It is supported on turned posts with brackets at its eaves. The house on the north is only two bays
wide: an entry and a large, fixed-light window. A small pediment on the porch roof marks the stair entry.
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: “Columbus Ave., with lots on both sides, was filed on a subdivision plan in 1892. The street was opened
through the South St. homestead of Elizabeth Clapp. The Clapp family is on of the oldest in the South St. area. Preserved
Clapp was granted land on the north side of the street, where today School St. and Fort Hill Terrace are. This land, obtained in
1661 when Preserved settled in Northampton, was to have served as a homestead, however the “frontier” nature of
Northampton prevented this. No settlement occurred west of the Mill River until 1696. Captain Roger Clapp, Preserved’s son,
settled on South Street in 1713. He occupied land on the south side of the street. Most of these lands remained in the Clapp
family through the 19th century. During 1892, the Second Congregational Society obtained lot #4 of this subdivision, and built
this house as a parsonage. Rev. Richard A. Griffin is listed as residing here in the 1892-93 Directory.”
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: Bk.449-P.410, 449-319