219 Elm 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
31A-36 Easthampton NTH.465
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 219 Elm Street
Historic Name: D. R. Clark House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1861
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 8/6/1861
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder: William F. Pratt, architect,
Northampton Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, brownstone
Roof: not visible
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.253 acres
Setting: This south-facing house occupies a corner lot in a
neighborhood of mid-late 19th century homes.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [219 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.465
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The D. R. Clark House is a two-story, brick, Italianate style house. It has a flat roof with wide boxed eaves that are supported on
brackets and has a wide frieze below the eaves. It is five bays wide and three bays deep and the windows have brownstone
lintels. The center entry to the house is reached through a flat-roofed porch on chamfered posts with bracketed eaves. The
porch posts are linked by a railing that is jigsaw cut into an Italianate arched pattern. Sash in the house is 6/6. There is a two-
story bay on the northeast corner of the house and on the west elevation is a secondary, corner porch on posts with braces at its
eaves.
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 1975: “This brick residence in the bracketed style was designed by William F. Pratt for D.R. Clark in 1861.
Architect Pratt received a commission from C.M. Kinney in 1861 and planned for Kinney a similar brick cottage located at the
intersection of North Elm and Prospect Streets.”
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.