1-9 Isabella 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-246 Easthampton NTH.2162
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 1-9 Isabella Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Apartments
Original: Apartments
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl windows (1980-2010)
Vinyl siding (1980-2010)
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.372 acres
Setting: Set on a long corner block, this building faces
north onto Isabella Street. Hawley Street has commercial,
office, and industrial businesses on the western side and
residential uses on the eastern side.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [1-9 ISABELLA STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2162
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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 apartment building with a slate side gable roof. This apartment row includes five apartments which are linked
together by a continuous shed roof porch. This apartment row was built with little stylistic features with the exception of the three
story corner tower with polygonal roof and finial located at the building’s northwestern corner. The building is now vinyl sided and
the windows on the home have all been replaced with vinyl one over one sashes. There are five brick chimneys along the ridge
of the roof, resulting in a chimney for each of the five apartments.
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 five-unit row house was probably built to house employees of the Belding Bros. & Co. silk mill, which
was located on the western side of Hawley Street, opposite Eastern Avenue and Isabella Street. The 1895 atlas shows this row
as being owned by Frederick Bement, bookkeeper for the Belding Bros. & Co.”
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.