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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
24C-002-001 Easthampton NTH.
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 301 Prospect Street
Historic Name: Charles and Helen Dean House
Uses: Present: Single-family house
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: ca. 1920
Source: Street Directories
Style/Form: Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: weatherboard, shingles
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.179 acres
Setting: This house occupies a tree-shaded corner lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [301 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 bungalow with an integral garage, a relatively uncommon and early example of the attachment of a
garage to a house. The bungalow is a front-dormer type, the large, hipped-roof dormer being centered on the south façade roof.
The porch across the south façade rests on half-length, paired columns above a solid railing of weatherboard. The first story of
the house is also weatherboard-sided and its gables are shingled. The south façade is three bays wide and has a center door
flanked by a stair window on the east and a single sash window on the west.
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 Heights,’ an area along Prospect Street between Hinckley (now known as Jackson) and North Elm Streets, was
opened in the late 1890s for residential development. This development was spurred by the opening of an electric railway line
connecting this area to the center of Northampton and to Florence’s center. This house was not in place in 1919 but was in
1930 occupied by Charles and Helen Dean. Charles was a Christian Science practitioner. The Christian Science center was in
downtown Northampton. He also worked in a silk mill as a statistician. The Deans remained in the house through 1940.
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.