57 Market 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
32A-50 Easthampton NTH.2021
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 57 Market Street
Historic Name: Seth Strong II House
Uses: Present: Four-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1829-1833
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced with vinyl 1/1 sash. Fire escape added,
ca. 1980.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.252 acres
Setting: This is a west-facing house with a wide
side yard encircled with a picket fence.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [57 MARKET STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2021
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Strong House is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gabled roof whose eaves make full returns to form a Greek
Revival pediment. It is three bays wide and the equivalent of five bays long. It has a two-story ell on the east that is four bays
long and in the angle between the main block of the house and the ell is an added wood fire escape under a hipped roof. There
is also a one-story, angled bay window on the south elevation of the main block of the house. The side-hall entry on the west
façade is sheltered by a hipped roof portico on posts with respondent pilasters on the building wall. The portico has a row of
dentils at its cornice. Sash in the house is vinyl replacement and siding is asphalt shingles, so much of the character of the
house is either lost or covered, but its Greek Revival form is still evident.
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: “In 1829, Samuel (Seth?) Strong II obtained ¼ acres of land on the eastern side of Market Street for
$200. Four years later, his heirs sold the property ‘with buildings’ for $1450. For the next two years, the house was occup ied by
the Rev. John Todd, pastor of the Edwards Church in Northampton, and then it passed into private hands, serving as a
homestead for many people through the ensuing years. Unlike many other older Market Street homesteads this one didn’t
remain in one family’s hands for very long.”
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. 408-P.19, 268-417, 265-53, 220159, 162-171, 155-385, 143-29, 121-332, 80-498, 73-566, 71-454 and
455, 70-266, 60-562