15 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-232 Easthampton NTH.2157
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 15 Hancock Street
Historic Name: Peter Sobtky 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: 0.16 acres
Setting: House faces north onto a quiet residential street.
House located in a residential neighborhood of mid to late
19th century homes. Shrubs and plantings line the
foundation of the home. Mature trees are located on the
edge of the property.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [15 HANCOCK STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2157
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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 that is “L” shaped. Characteristic of a Queen Anne style house, the house
has a complex roof form. The frontward portion of the “L” features a front gable roof with fish-scale shingles in the gable field and
a three-sided bay with hipped roof on the first story. On the eastern elevation of the house is a two-story oriel, marking the
location of the inner stairwell. Extending from the front façade around a portion of the western elevation of the home in the crook
of the “L” is a one-story screened porch with turned posts, carved brackets and decorative carved balustrade. On the western
elevation of the home is a two-story three-sided bay. The house appears to have retained its original one over one sash
windows, which are partially hidden behind storm windows. The house also has a high brick foundation. A large four bay barn
that is two stories in height sits directly behind the house. It is asphalt sided and has an asphalt 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: “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 southern side of the street
today had been built. Nos. 11 and 15 are interesting variations on a single pattern. In 1895, this house was owned and
occupied by Peter Sobtky, a Main Street clothier.”
Owned by Sophie Gonzales 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