60 North Elm 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-33 Easthampton NTH.278
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 60 North Elm Street
Historic Name: Charles L. Sauter House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1908
Source: Springfield Daily Republican
Style/Form: Colonial Revival Foursquare
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, brownstone, wood shingles
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Porch added on west, n.d.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.409 acres
Setting: This house faces east overlooking Childs Park.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [60 NORTH ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Sauter House is a two-and-a-half story house under a hipped roof with wide eaves. It is square in plan being thre bays wide
and three bays deep. Stylistically the house is among the vernacular variants of the Prairie style called a Foursquare. It is
symmetrical, has a single-story front porch and a centered hipped roof dormer on its roof. The Foursquare appeared in the early
years of the 20th century as an antidote to the fussiness of the Queen Anne and many Colonial Revival style houses. Its lines
aim for a horizontal appearance. In this version there are several departures from the pure style however, as the house has an
angled bay window of two stories at its northeast corner, and has Colonial Revival diamond shaped sash in its second story hall.
The red brick house is trimmed in a rusticated brownstone at its watertable, sills, and lintels. The pedimented porch has built-in
settees at each side and a pediment with a latticework tympanum. It has a wide entry with a segmentally arched fanlight that is
Colonial Revival in style. Foursquares were more commonly built in frame than in masonry in Northampton, so this is a rather
rare example.
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: “The first known usage of the land between Elm and North Elm Street for a brickyard occurred in the mid
19th century when Porter Nutting established a kiln here. In 1885, the firm of Brown and Bailey took over this yard and
‘remodeled the yard at once from the old horse system to steam,’ and soon expanded the operation to sell 3,000,000 bricks a
year, and employed 100 men and 10 horses in their business. Around the turn of the century, Charles Sauter joined the
business as manager of the works. He later became treasurer of the company (at that time called the Northampton Brick Co.)
This house was built for Mr. Sauter in 1908 at a cost of $4000.”
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.