75 Gothic 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
31B-189 Easthampton NTH.666
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 75 Gothic Street
Historic Name: George & Ellen Smith House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: 1860-1863
Source: Map & Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: raised Cape Cod form
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced ca. 1990.
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.143 acres
Setting: House occupies a corner lot behind a
picket fence. It has an established cottage garden on three
sides.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [75 GOTHIC STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.666
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This raised Cape Cod form house appeared in western Massachusetts in some numbers around the time of the Civil War. This
house is a raised Cape though its proportions are difficult to discern due to a vine-covered porch. It is one-and-a-half stories in
height under a side-gable roof with a full-width porch across its west façade. The hipped roof porch has been glass-enclosed on
its southern half but the northern half is open and rests on posts connected by square baluster railings. A cross-gable is
centered on the west side of the roof and contains a single, segmentally arched window. One-story bays add to the complexity
of the plan on the north as does a one-story ell.
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 1863, Isaac Jones sold Ellen Smith (his sister and wife to George Smith) this corner lot with the ‘new
dwelling house thereon.’ Mr. Smith is listed in the local directory as a ‘grainer’ and painter. He perhaps worked with Mr. Jones
and his brother Charles, who were also painters.”
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. 236-P. 148, 212-268