122 Hawley 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-340 Easthampton NTH.2170
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 122 Hawley Street
Historic Name: Levi Strong House
Uses: Present: Three family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1824
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Federal
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Brick
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Side wing
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.14 acres
Setting: House faces west onto Hawley Street on a corner
lot. Up and down the western side Hawley Street, parallel to
the railroad tracks, are commercial, office, and industrial
businesses. The eastern side of Hawley Street is
predominantly comprised of residential uses. House sits on
the far western edge of a late 19th century residential
subdivision. Minimal shrubbery exists on this lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [122 HAWLEY STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2170
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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 Federal style house comprised of brick with low-pitched hip roof with classical molded cornice with dentil row.
The house rests on a brick foundation and has a wide brick watertable. The principal block of the house is five bays wide and
two bays deep. At the center of the five bay front façade is an entrance portico with unelaborated entablature and very slim
posts. The original porch floor is gone and the entrance now has a cement stoop. The slightly recessed front entry has been
stripped of most of its original features with the exception of a long stone lintel above the door. Windows on the house also have
stone lintels and sills. W indows on the front façade are replacement six over six sash. The windows on the northern and
southern elevations of the home have been covered over by brick. There is one interior brick chimney on the northern elevation
of the house, which was likely matched by a interior brick chimney on the southern elevation at one time. There is a one-and-
one-half story rear ell extending from the northeastern side of the home covered in vinyl siding. On the northern elevation of the
rear ell is a shed roof dormer. Also on the northern elevation of the rear ell is a one-story side wing that is also covered in vinyl
siding. This wing has a shed roof porch, with a couple of turned posts, which faces Hawley Street. On the southern elevation of
the rear ell there is a side porch with shed roof. Form B of 1974 & 1980 surmised that “Several additions have been made to the
rear, probably at the time of Belding Brothers and Company ownership, when the building was probably used as housing for
their silk mill workers.”
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 1974 & 1980: “This late Federal style house was built for Levi Strong, a cooper and farmer. Mr. Strong was of
the fourth generation of Strong’s to occupy the family homestead on Hawley Street. This land had been held in the family since
the late 17th century.”
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. 371-P. 467, 240-341, 199-215, 49-679, and 49-638