124 South 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
38B-046 Easthampton NTH.2192
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 124 South Street
Historic Name: Preserved Bartlett Homestead
Uses: Present: Three unit residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1792
Source: S. Clark, Antiquities
Style/Form: Federal
Architect/Builder: Preserved Bartlett
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick and stone
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.13 acres
Setting: House sits close to the busy South Street/Route
10. House is in a residential neighborhood of former single
family homes that have been converted to buildings with
two or more residential units.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [124 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2192
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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 Federal style home under a side gabled roof. The house is five bays wide and two bays deep. The
front façade has a recessed front entry with wide trabeated surround and three-quarter length sidelights. The southern elevation
of the home has a narrow Federal style door with narrow trabeated surround that encloses a two light transom. Windows on this
house are six over six sash except for a small two over two sash window in each side gable, and the second story façade
windows meet the eaves line. Windows have basic architrave surrounds. The house has a one story rear ell on the southern
elevation and a one-and-a-half story ell on the northern elevation. On the northern elevation of the home is a shallow oriel. The
house has two interior brick chimneys. Interior remodeling occurred between 2006 and 2007.
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 1970: “Roger Bartlett was among the first settlers of Northampton in 1654. He established his homestead on
Pleasant St., served as a selectman in 1657 and 1653 and was killed in 1675 in an assault by the Indians. The homestead was
maintained until the late 18th century and Preserved Bartlett, born in 1772, was probably one on the last of the family to be born
there. In 1792, probably at the time of his marriage Preserved removed to South St. and established his homestead on this site.
He lived here for 53 years, until he died at the age of 77 in 1845. The property remained in the Bartlett family until the death of
Preserved’s great-granddaughter Mary in 1926.”
Carolyn P. Wright and Agnes W. Howland owned the house in 1970.
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.
1794 and 1831 Town Maps.
1854 County Maps.
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 94-P. 197, 827-421, 841-65.
Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, S. Clark (1882) pp. 182-84.