219 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-017-001 Easthampton NTH.
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 219 Prospect Street
Historic Name: Grace and W. Clyde Noble House
Uses: Present: Single-family house
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: ca. 1900
Source: map of 1895
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.048 acres
Setting: This house is located on a small lot on a
busy but tree-shaded street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [291 Prospect Street]
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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 two-story house under a front-gabled roof with wide eaves. It is three bays wide and the equivalent of four bays deep.
There is a one-story wing/secondary entry on the east elevation. The windows of the first floor of the house’s south façade are
nearly full-length and there is a rondel window in that gable field. The Colonial Revival style house has a hipped roof porch that
rests on Doric columns. Window sash has been replaced by 1/1 vinyl but original surrounds remain that are capped. This is one
of several modest, front-gabled houses that are found on Prospect Street.
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.
Clyde Noble was raised in Florence and stayed to marry and occupy this house by 1919. He worked for the Northampton Gas
and Electric Company as a salesman while Grace raised their daughter Margaret. By 1930 the Nobles had been replaced by
Edward and Mary Rumse. Edward worked in the Twin Shoe Stores Company as their manager and secretary and Mary was at
home with the couple’s four children. In 1940 the house was occupied by R. J. Dauphinoise and his wife Margaret. R. J. was a
car repairman.
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.