145 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-045 Easthampton NTH.2191
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 145 South Street
Historic Name: John Metcalf House
Uses: Present: Single family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: circa 1908
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Colonial Revival / Four Square
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Concrete block
Wall/Trim: Wood shingle & concrete block
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.15 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] [145 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2191
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This Colonial Revival style house is two stories tall with hipped roof and large hipped dormers. It has a Four Square plan being
four bays wide and two bays deep, which was popular house plan at this time. The first floor is constructed of rock-faced
concrete block, while the second floor and dormers are clad with wood shingles. A one-story hipped roof porch with pedimented
entrance, doubled Tuscan columns on concrete block pedestals and balustrade of square balusters extends across the façade.
The front entry is skewed slightly to the right and is unelaborated. Windows on the house are mostly six over one sash. The
house has a center chimney.
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 house was built during 1908 for John Metcalf at a cost of $4500. Mr. Metcalf was the head of
Metcalf & Company, a printing firm located on Crafts Avenue in Northampton.”
Ernest and Mary Rose Paul owned house in 1980. House sold in 2003. Paul and Pamela Zgrodnik bought house in 2007.
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.
1915 Atlas
Registry of Deeds: Bk 631-P. 277, 521-349.
Northampton Directory: 1900 and 1915.
Springfield Daily Republican, December 28, 1908.