59 Massasoit 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
24C-92 Easthampton NTH.297
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 59 Massasoit Street
Historic Name: Francis M. Cook House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1869-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: no style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: concrete, brick
Wall/Trim: not applicable
Roof: not applicable
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Wing added, ell added, main block of house fenestration
altered and trim removed, 2011.
Condition: in construction
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.364 acres
Setting: This house is west-facing on a 19th-20th
century residential block.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [59 MASSASOIT STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.297
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This house is in the process of being completely altered with additions. Whether it will retain historic integrity is not assured at
this point. The building should be re-inventoried when its work has been completed.
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: “Massasoit Street was laid out in 1869 for residential development. By 1873, about a dozen houses had
been built, including this one. Most of the other houses on the street were built by the end of the 19th century. The 1873 atlas
shows this house as the property of ‘Cook,’ and the directory of the same year lists Francis Cook, a mason, on Massasoit Stret.
Mr. Cook was in business for himself and in later years brought his two sons into the firm. The property remained in the Cook
family well into the 20th century.”
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.