217 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-018-001 Easthampton NTH.
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 217 Prospect Street
Historic Name: William and Rose Stevens House
Uses: Present: Single-family house
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: ca. 1915
Source: Street Directories
Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced, ca. 2006
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.073 acres
Setting: This house faces east behind a dense
hedgerow.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [217 Prospect Street]
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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 an enlarged version of a Craftsman Bungalow being two-and-a-half rather than one-and-a-half stories in height. It is a
front-dormer bungalow, which is a common form, but what is uncommon is the fact that the dormer is one-and-a-half stories in
height. The steeply pitched, side-gable roof extends to first story level on the west façade where it is supported on Craftsman
style, H-form, paired posts. The house is two bays wide and three deep and has a center chimney. It is perhaps unique in
Northampton.
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.
By 1919 this house was occupied by W illiam and Rose Stevens and Mrs. Stevens’ mother Kate Langdon, a widow. William
worked as a ticket agent at the steam railroad station. The Stevens also were caring for their 3 ½ year old niece. John Gilligan
was in the house in 1930. Gilligan worked as a knitter in a hosiery mill. He was in the house through 1940. This was a
neighborhood of Irish and Scottish immigrants many of whom worked either in the hosiery mill or on the 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.