21 Fruit 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
31D-230 Easthampton NTH.2009
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 21 Fruit Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1922-1930
Source: Directories
Style/Form: Dutch Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Unknown/cement covered
Wall/Trim: clapboard and wood shingle
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Second story back porch, circa 1990s.
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.247 acres
Setting: House sits close to the road on a quiet residential
street. House faces east. A few trees and shrubs surround
the home.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [21 FRUIT STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2009
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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 story Dutch Colonial Revival style home with flared gambrel roof and large shed dormers to the front and rear. The
principal entrance faces northeast onto Fruit Street and is centrally located on the façade with similar, flaring gambrel canopy,
supported by large brackets. There is also a secondary entrance on the northwest elevation which is marked by a full width one-
story porch with hipped roof and tapered columns. There is a third secondary entrance on the southeast elevation with no
distinguishing features. The house is clapboard sided on the first story and clad by wood shingles on the second story. Windows
on the home are six over one sash. There is a brick chimney on the southeastern slope of the roof.
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 house was built during the 1920's on Fruit St. The street had been laid out in the 1820's, but most of
the western side became part of the Fort Hill estate originally owned by Samuel Whitmarsh. The first known owner of this house
was Josef Karankiewicz, who is listed here in the 1930 directory. Mr. Karankiewicz was co-owner of the Northampton Paint
Company on Pleasant Street.”
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.
1915 Atlas.
Northampton Directory: 1922, 1930.