409 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-104 Easthampton NTH.266
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 409 Prospect Street
Historic Name: Frederick G. Jager House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: ca. 1895
Source: Atlas and Directory
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards/shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.526 acre
Setting: This house is set back from the street and
is screened from view by a dense border of shrubbery and
trees. It occupies a corner lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [409 PROSPECT STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.266
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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-and-a-half story, front-gable house with cross gables on the east and west and an ell on the north for a Latin cross
plan. The eaves of front-gabled section and of the cross gables make full returns to create pediments and are ornamented with
dentil rows at the cornice and eaves rake. The typanums of the pediments are shingled while the balance of the house is sided
with clapboards. A porch on paired posts extends across the south façade. Two, exterior wall chimneys punctuate the roof line
and rise through the eaves on the east and west cross-gables. Window sash is 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: “The Jager family is first known to have resided on this site in 1860. John Jager was employed by the
Bay State Hardware Co. and his house is shown on the map of that year. After his demise, his widow and three sons lived here.
By 1895, the widow had died and two of the sons had built new houses on the homestead, apparently demolishing the older
house in the process. This house was occupied by Frederick Jager, a machinist who specialized in trimmings for musical
instruments.”
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.