11 Hancock 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
32C-233 Easthampton NTH.2158
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 11 Hancock Street
Historic Name: Edwin Hervey House
Uses: Present: Two family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1886-1895
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
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: 0.155 acres
Setting: House faces north onto a quiet residential street.
House located in a residential neighborhood of mid to late
19th century homes. A few shrubs and plantings line the
foundation of the home. Mature trees are located
throughout the property.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [11 HANCOCK STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2158
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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 home with a modified cross gable roof. On the northern elevation of the home,
which faces the street, the western cross gable extends downward to cover the porch on the first story. The slope of this roof
also has a dormer. This continuous house roof-to-porch roof element is a Queen Anne style feature that can be found elsewhere
in the city. The house is clapboard sided with a variety of decorative elements added to provide visual interest. Fish scale
shingles are used to ornament various parts of the house such as the front dormer. Wide boards of wood form bands that extend
around the façade. These same wide boards are used as window surrounds. The one-story front porch wraps around to the
western elevation of the home and is ornamented with a decorative frieze, carved posts, and decorative balusters. The front
entry features a multi-colored glass door beside which is a raised window single-paned window. Windows on the house are one
over one sash and are replacements. There is a small brick chimney on the frontward slope of the roof. On the eastern
elevation of the home is a two-story narrow side wing that one bay deep and two bays wide. Towards the rear of the home on
the eastern elevation is a second story porch.
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: “Hancock Street was opened in 1873, across Ebenezar Hancock’s Hawley Street homestead, but lots
were only available on the northern side of the street. In 1886, lots were made on the southern side of the street through
subdividing Harrison Apthorp’s Hawley Street homestead. By 1895, the four houses that line the south side of the street today
had been built. Nos. 11 and 15 are interesting variations on a single pattern. In 1895, his house was owned and occupied by
Edwin Hervey, a janitor at the County Courthouse.”
Paul Duval owned the home in 2010.
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. 404-P. 131