10 Hampton Terrace
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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
39A-065 Easthampton NTH.1093
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 10 Hampton Terrace
Historic Name: Charles M. Harris House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1894
Source: Registry of Deeds & Directory
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 1.35 acres
Setting: House sits close to the street in an established
residential neighborhood of late nineteenth century homes,
some of which have been converted to multi-family housing.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [10 HAMPTON TERRACE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1093
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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 Queen Anne style house with a slate hipped roof that has front and side gables. The gable fields
are ornamented with fish scale shingles. This house has several unique features that add visual interest to the facade. The first
is the use of wideboarding to emphasize the building’s corners and bays. The second is the chamfered corner with lattice
bracing on the northwestern corner of the first story. Finally, the house has a recessed porch with a small gable marking the
location of the front entry. The porch also has lattice bracing and a lattice apron. Windows on the house are one over one
replacement sashes with architrave surrounds and projecting lintels and sills. On the northern elevation of the home is a three
sided bay with a large multi-paned window in the middle bay. Also on this side is a gabled dormer and brick chimney. On the
southern elevation of the home is a side entry porch. The property includes a one bay garage with front gable roof that sits very
close to the southern elevation of the home.
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 in 1894 for Charles Harris, a machinist for the Central Oilgas Stove Co. located at
the foot of Munroe Street, on Hampton Terrace, the lot extends easterly over the brow of the old Mill River terrace into the
meadows.”
The Sidney and Emma Kaplan family have owned this house since at least 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.
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 460-P. 181