34 — 36 School 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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
31D-180 Easthampton NTH.797
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 34 – 36 School Street
Historic Name: Lewis Clapp / Edwin Pomeroy House
Uses: Present: Two unit residence
Original: Two unit residence
Date of Construction: circa 1860
Source: Maps & visual evidence
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Attached outbuilding
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.236 acres
Setting: Property has almost a zero setback from the
street. Property sits on a quiet street and is surrounded by
former single family homes that have been converted for
multi-residence use.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [34-36 SCHOOL STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.797
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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 modest Italianate style house that was originally constructed as a double cottage with near
identical eastern and western elevations, which include a front gable roof with a central wall gable on the northern elevation and
Italianate style hipped roof porches with square posts and rails. The paired window in the gable field of the central wall gable is
another telling mark of the Italianate style. The front entrance to each cottage is located on the southern side of the porch. The
house is crowned by a slate roof and rests on a brick foundation. House retains clapboard siding. The house has two interior
chimneys—one for each cottage. The house retains its original window drip edge surrounds but has replacement windows that
are now 6/6 sash. Each side of the house has a rear ell extending from the southern elevation. In addition, the rear ell of the
western half of the house has a side wing.
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: “This small double cottage first appears on the site on the 1873 atlas, and was owned at that time by
Lewis Clapp and Edwin Pomeroy, millers who owned the grist mill at the end of the street on the banks of the Mill River.
However, the 1860 map does show a number of structures in this general area, all owned by A. Peck and Company, the owners
of the Grist Mill.”
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.