60-62 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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This house no longer exists.
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
32A-110 Easthampton NTH.852
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 60-62 Market Street
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Uses: Present:
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Date of Construction: 1860-1873
Source: Map & Atlas
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Acreage: 0.142 acres
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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [60-62 MARKET STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
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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 double house first appears on the 1873 atlas as property of ‘P. Williston.’ Market Street is one of
the oldest streets in Northampton and originally was lined with Colonial homesteads although most of them were located on the
eastern side of the street, as a brook flowed near the western side. However, the 1831 map does show eight houses on the
western side of the street. Then, in the mid 1840’s, the main north-south railroad in the Connecticut Valle was located here, 100
feet west. This had an impact on the type of housing that was built in the area, particularly on the west side of the street,
backing up to the tracks. There were a lot of tenements and multiple family houses erected during the second half of the 19th
century, making this perhaps the densest street in Northampton.”
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.