10 Pomeroy Terrace
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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): May, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
32A-237 Easthampton NTH.2115
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 10 Pomeroy Terrace
Historic Name: Chester H. Dakin House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1884
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and windows replaced, ca. 2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: x 0.321 acres
Setting: This house faces west and on its east are the
Northampton fairgrounds.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [10 POMEROY TERRACE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
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NTH.2115
_x__ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets.
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 Queen Anne style house has lost much of its stylistic character by the application of vinyl siding and
replacement windows. The house is L-shaped in plan. It has a front-gabled section and a wing on the north and in the angle
between the two sections is a stacked porch. The porch at first story level is supported on posts and has a fine jigsaw-cut
railing. Its second story stacked section has a turned post support and brackets at the eaves, which suggests the first story
porch supports were originally turned as well. There is a cross-gable on the south elevation that has a jerkin head roof and at
the first story level of the south elevation is an angled bay window. The south elevation also has a recessed side porch in the
angle between the main block and an east ell.
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: “In 1884, the Samuel Wright estate was subdivided into building lots. These were all on the eastern side
of Pomeroy Terrace, and extended from Bridge Street to M.M. French’s house opposite Phillips Place. During that same year,
Edward Brooks, local grocer, purchased lot 2 from the estate for $1200. Three months later, he sold the lot to Chester Dakin for
$1500. Mr. Dakin was the station agent for the New Haven Northampton Railroad.”
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: Bk. 400-P. 371, 389-251, 387-335
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [10 POMEROY TERRACE]
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220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2115
National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
Check all that apply:
Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district
Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district
Criteria: A B C D
Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G
Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________
The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here.
The Dakin House would contribute to a potential Pomeroy Terrace historic district that developed south and east of
the Bridge Street Cemetery from the second third of the 19th century as Northampton’s finest residential district.
Original residents here were merchants, retired farmers, lawyers, and other professions. As the century progressed the
adjacent streets were laid out for the growing middle class with railroad personnel joining clerks, teachers, and others.
Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the fine examples of the 19th century architectural styles
from the Greek and Gothic Revivals, Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. The district includes
significant examples of the work of Northampton architect William Fenno Pratt. This potential historic district has
integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.