130-132 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-312 Easthampton NTH.1011
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 130-132 South Street
Historic Name: Theodore Bartlett House
Uses: Present: Three unit residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: circa 1820
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: No style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
- second front door added, circa 1900
- windows replaced, circa 1980
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.11 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] [130-132 SOUTH 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.
This house is two stories in height under a front gable roof. This house may have started as a Greek Revival style home, but
distinguishing features of this style, such as a Greek Revival style front entrance, no longer remain. The three bay facade is
covered by a one-story porch with flat roof, projecting cornice with frieze, square posts and Queen Anne style patterned
balustrade. On the southern end of the front facade is a double entrance of no distinction, which was probably added around the
turn of the century replacing what may have been a wide Greek Revival style entrance. Windows on the house are replacement
one over one sash or six over six sash, but they have their original architrave surrounds. The southern elevation of the house
has an Italianate two-story paneled bay window. There is a large two story rear ell on the eastern elevation of the home.
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 1971: “South Street is one of Northampton's earliest roads and contains the largest number of pre-19th century
houses in the city. The street was first permanently settled about 1700, and was quickly built up with homesteads lining both
sides of the street. Many of these homestead remained in the same families for generations, and newer houses were built
alongside the original 18th century houses.
This land was originally part of the Preserved Bartlett homestead, established in 1792. Mr. Bartlett lived at 124 South Street until
his death in 1845 at the age of 77. A few years before he died, Preserved divided his estate, deeding his own house to his
youngest son Samuel, and a house next westerly to his son Theodore, who is described as already living there. This is the
present number 130 South Street. Theodore Bartlett lived in the house until his death in 1893 at the age of 85. The property was
left to his son Frederick and daughter Mary (later Mary Foote). In 1913 the house was purchased by Charles Wright for $1550
and until recently remained in the Wright family.”
Carolyn P. Wright and Agnes Wright Howland owned the house in 1971. Evelyn J. Howland bought the house in 1996.
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.
1856 County Maps,
Registry of Deeds: Bk 94-P. 197 and 198, 692-241 and 255.
Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, S. Clark, 1882, pp 182