96 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
24D-93 Easthampton NTH.323
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 96 North Street
Historic Name: Edward B. Strong House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: Atlases and visual evidence
Style/Form: Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garages, separate and attached
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added ca. 1980
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 1.55 acres
Setting: This house faces east on a large open lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [96 NORTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.323
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This two-and-a-half story house with a pyramidal hipped roof is transitional from the Queen Anne to the Colonial Revival styles.
It has a two-and-a-half story ell on the west with an attached garage. The main block of the house is Colonial Revival with its
hipped roof and simplified 2 x 3 bay plan. Its full width shed roof porch on the east façade rests on Colonial Revival style Doric
columns and has a pedimented entry above a railing with square balusters. There is a cross gable on the east façade roof that
is shingled in Queen Anne style and has a Kings Truss with arched braces above a Queen Anne oriel window. Further
remnants of the Queen Anne are the bay window set at an angle at the southeast corner and the two-story bay window at the
southwest corner, which has a polygonal roof. Sash in the house is a typical 2/2.
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 house was originally built c. 1890 for Edward Strong, a farmer, who also served as superintendent
of the Bridge Street Cemetery for over twenty years. The house replaced an earlier one, as Mr. Strong was the fifth generation
of family to own this homestead on “North Market Street” (now known as North Street). Jerijah Strong Jr. first settled here in
1737, the year of this marriage, and long remained exclusively a residential street.”
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.