111 Prospect 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): April, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
31B-014-001 Easthampton NTH.
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 111 Prospect Street
Historic Name: T. Griffen House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: ca. 1850
Source: Maps of 1860 and 1873
Style/Form: Greek Revival
Architect/Builder: J. T. Holton, builder, attributed
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates): Wing added, and windows
replaced 1990-2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.202 acres
Setting: This house faces west behind a white picket
fence.
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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.
This is a one-and-a-half story, Greek Revival style house with a front-gable roof. It is three bays wide and the equivalent of four
bays deep and has a one-and-a-half story ell on the west to which is attached on the south elevation a one-and-a-half story
wing. The west façade has a recessed, side-hall entry that has narrow pilasters supporting below a narrow cornice. The house
has narrow cornerboards but a wide frieze beneath the eaves, a feature of the Gr eek Revival style. There is an added
secondary entry on the main block of the house on its south elevation. It is a one-story, shed roofed addition to the house with a
secondary door. The house is clapboard sided and has 1/1 replacement windows. As Greek Revival style houses go in
Northampton this is a relatively modest version of the style.
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.
Prospect Street was laid out in the original distribution of Proprietors lots in the 17th century and its east side allocated to
Proprietors. This house was in place by 1860 and was occupied by J. D. Holton, a carpenter and joiner. In 1873 it was the
home of T. Griffen. Griffin (spelling changed) is still in the house in 1895. In 1910 the house was numbered 113 and was
home to Warren Beatwood who had been replaced by 1930 by Mrs. Margaret Atwood who was a practitioner, indicating a
Christian Scientist practitioner. Archie Phillips was in the house in 1940 and was apparently retired.
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.