323 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): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
24A-164 Easthampton NTH.269
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 323 Prospect Street
Historic Name: John Pollard House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1895-1915
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.41 acres
Setting: This house is set on a lot that is higher in
elevation than the street and is reached by a set of stairs
from the sidewalk.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [323 PROSPECT STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.269
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Pollard House is a two-and-a-half story Colonial Revival style house under a slate hipped roof. It has a cross-gable on the
south façade and a full-width porch across the façade. The hipped roof of the porch rests on posts with brackets at the eaves –
a holdover from the Queen Anne style. There is a hipped roof dormer on the east elevation of the roof. The house is a modest
three bays wide and three deep and is becoming in style more simplified as it is late Colonial Revival.
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.
From Form B of 1980: “’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 town to Florence.
The first known owner and occupant of this house was John Pollard, office manager for the Hampton Co., bleachers and
dyers in Easthampton, who was listed at this address in the 1915 directory.”
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.