341 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-160 Easthampton NTH.268
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 341 Prospect Street
Historic Name: Mrs. Daniel Whalen House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1895-1900
Source: Atlas and Directory
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced, ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.164 acres
Setting: This house is set on a rise in the
landscape and its side yard is screened from the street by a
wood fence.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [341 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.
The Mrs. Daniel Whalen House is a Queen Anne style house that is late in the stylistic period so its form is simplified. It is a two-
and-a-half story house under a front-gable roof. It has a full width porch across its two-bay façade and the porch is supported on
Colonial Revival style Doric columns, a borrowing from a style contemporary with the Queen Anne in 1900. The house has a
three-sided bay window on the east elevation which adds some volume to the interior. The eaves of the front gable make full
returns to form a pent roof and create a pediment on the south. There is a single, centered window in the pediment and sash in
the house is replacement 1/1.
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 1890’s for residential development. This development was spurred by the opening of an
electric railway line connecting this area to the center of town and Florence.
This house was built by 1900 as Mrs. Daniel Whalen is listed at this address in the directory of that year. During the
early 20th century, about 15 houses were built on ‘Prospect Heights’ all on the north side of the street. Across the street was the
Watson estate, later to become Childs Park.”
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.