45 North 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
25C-214 Easthampton NTH.410
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 45 North Street
Historic Name: Rebecca Rogers Cottage
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: ca. 1846
Source: Registry of Deeds, 115.450
Style/Form: Gothic Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: board-and-batten
Roof: asphalt and metal
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Ell added on east, ca. 1970.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.229 acres
Setting: This house occupies a raised corner lot in
a residential neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [45 NORTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.410
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Northampton has several Gothic Revival houses that represent the style well, and the Rebecca Rogers House is among them. It
is a one-and-a-half story, board-and-batten sided house under a side-gable roof that has a steep Gothic pitch. The main block of
the house is three bays wide and two bays deep and there is are two ells on the east of two stories and of one-and-a-half
stories. A cross-gable and a through-eaves dormer are located on the west side of the roof of the main block. They are
asymmetrically placed to suggest a medieval elevation and their eaves and those of the main roof are ornamented with carved
bargeboards. The house has an oriel window on the north elevation and an angled bay window on the south. The angled bay
window is two stories and windows in it have pointed architrave surrounds and sawtooth molding at the cornice. Sash in the
house is 6/6. A glassed-in, shed roofed porch with a pediment over its entry is found on the west façade adjacent to a
secondary entry with a metal hood.
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 1975: “This cottage was built on North (Market) Street sometime between 1846 and 1857. It appears that the
original owner of the cottage was Rebecca Rogers, who purchased a lot of land on Market Street in 1846 from Josiah Whitney.
John Rogers, her son, sold the homestead in 1857 to Samuel Spaulding, who in turn sold to Horace Kingsley in 1860. In 1891,
Frances Kingsley sold the Kingsley homestead to Elizabeth Allen who in turn sold to her daughter, Clara Allen. The exchange of
property is complicated; the Allen family also owned a homestead on North Street which divided into lots in 1891. Linden Street
was opened at this time, and Clara Allen owned a number of other lots along the street.
Janet C. Smith, a student from the area, has pointed out that the design and floor plan of this cottage are to be found in
one of Andrew Jackson Downing’s volumes of cottage residences. There was apparently little creative effort on the part of the
local architect or builder.” The last statement is a bit harsh as translating book drawings into a house took considerable creative
effort to keep the building authentically Gothic Revival.
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: 1226.158, 1145.235, 804.105, 576.143, 218.198