25 Henry 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-311 Easthampton NTH.2169
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 25 Henry Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Three-family residence
Original: Single family home
Date of Construction: c. 1830
Source: Maps & visual evidence
Style/Form: Late Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl siding 1980s
Removal of front window on front façade and replacement
with second entry door.
Condition: Good
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 1.96 acres
Setting: House sits on a large lot on dead-end street in a
quiet residential neighborhood on the fringes of
Northampton’s city center.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [25 HENRY STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2169
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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 late Greek Revival style home with pedimented front gable roof. The house is three bays wide and
four bays deep. One of the window bays on the front façade was removed after 1980 and replaced with a second entry door. It
was likely at this time that the entire house was remodeled from single family home into a three-unit home. The original, primary
entry door has a trabeated surround with half-length side lights. The front of the home features a full-width one-story porch with
low-pitched hipped roof. It is unknown when the porch was added to the house as it has lost all of its historic features. All the
windows have been replaced on the home and now have one over one sash. On the northeastern elevation of the principal block
of the home is a small three sided bay. Directly above the bay is a modern wooden deck that provides a secondary egress to the
second floor by way of a larger exterior staircase. The home has had two rear ells extending off the southeastern elevation of the
principal block of the house in succession.
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: “Henry Street was originally known as Venturers Field Road, and led from Hockanum Ferry Road to
Goodman’s Ferry, which crossed the Connecticut River to Hadley Center. This road first appears on the 1831 map, but certainly
predates that time as Goodman’s Ferry was first begun in the mid 17th century.
The meadows are Northampton’s chief scenic characteristic, and were not built upon because of flooding, except for a
small area near Williams Street, which included Valley, Montview and Henry Streets. This area was predominantly developed
around the turn of the 20th century and was periodically flooded until the construction of the dike as a WPA project. This house
has a high water mark from one of the 1930’s floods at the mid-window level on the first story.
The 1831 Map shows two houses on Venturers Field Road, one at this site and one at the corner of Hockanum Ferry
Road.”
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.