125 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
24D-183-001 Easthampton NTH.
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 125 Prospect Street
Historic Name: Edgar V. and Louisa Tanner House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: pre-1860
Source: map of 1860
Style/Form: Cape Cod
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding applied, windows replaced, dormers added, 1940-
2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.316 acres
Setting: This house is south-facing on its lot as
are a number of houses on the hillside.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [125 Prospect 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.
This is a one-and-a-half story, clapboard sided, Cape Cod form house that is three bays wide and two deep. A center entry on
the south façade is flanked by a large fixed light window and on the west elevation a three-part window with 1/1 sash is a likely
alteration. Its side gable roof has two, hipped roof, through-cornice dormers on the south elevation and a full-width porch across
the south façade that is Italianate in style with chamfered posts connected by arched braces at the eaves. The house has an
added one-story wing on the east.
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.
Built before 1860 this house was the home of the Tanner family for several decades. Edgar V. Tanner who lived here with his
wife Louisa in 1870 worked as a manager in the Florence Sewing Machine Company. The house had changed hands by 1885
when it was owned by H. J. Smith. Smith was gone by 1895 and in his or her place was M. Carroll.
In 1919 this was the home of Justin Hays who remained there through 1940. He was a physician.
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.
Northampton Street Directories 1919-1940
U.S. Federal Censuses 1900-1930
Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton City, Massachusetts, Boston, 1884.
Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860.