174 Island Road
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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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
46-38 Easthampton NTH.1104
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Ox Bow
Address: 174 Island Road
Historic Name: Henry Mooney House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage, studio
Major Alterations (with dates):
Some windows replaced, ca. 2000
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 1 acre
Setting: This is a north-facing house on a deep,
picket-fenced-in lot with views of Mt. Tom to the south.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [174 ISLAND ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1104
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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 the best-preserved and maintained house in the Ox Bow and has, in fact, been restored since the 1980 inventory when it
had been altered and some of its historic details lost. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gabled roof with a
centered chimney. Offset on the south elevation is a two-and-a-half story ell four bays long and preceded on the east by a shed
roof porch on posts. The main block of the house has a wraparound porch across the north façade and on to the east elevation.
It is supported on fluted posts and has a railing with square balusters. The porch abuts an angled, single-story bay window on
the east elevation and there is a cross-gable bay on the west elevation. The house is clapboard sided on the first and second
stories and wood shingle sided in the gable ends and on the bay window. There is an arched window in the north gable field.
Other windows in the house have been replaced with 1/1 sash.
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: “Around the turn of the century, the Ox Bow section of Northampton was developed to its present state.
Island Road was extended westerly and a short, dead end street, Ferry Avenue, was appended on the southern side. This
residential development was a consequence of the expansion of the wood processing industries located at the Ox Bow. These
were the Connecticut Valley Lumber Co. and the Mt. Tom Sulphite Pulp Co. This house first appears on the 1895 atlas and was
owned and occupied by Henry Mooney, a wood dealer.”
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.