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FORM A - AREA
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Assessor’s Sheets USGS Quad Area Letter Form Numbers in Area
38B-174
38B-175
38B-176
38B-177
38B-178
38B-179
38B-180
38B-181
Easthampton
X
NTH.1062
NTH.2487
NTH.2488
NTH.2489
NTH.2490
NTH.2491
NTH.2492
NTH.2493
Town: Northampton
Place (neighborhood or village): South Street
Name of Area: Lamb’s Cottages
Present Use: Single family residences
Construction Dates or Period: 1870-1873
Overall Condition: good
Major Intrusions and Alterations:
Vinyl siding and vinyl windows, altered and enclosed front
porches/porticos
Acreage: 0.64 acres
Recorded by: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month/year): June, 2010
Topographic or Assessor's Map
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural, structural and landscape features and evaluate in terms of other areas within the community.
This group of eight very small single family homes are located in a quiet residential neighborhood along Fort Street that extends
from South Street to Manhan Street.
The small house at 192 South Street is one-and-one half stories tall with a slate front gable roof. The home is two bays wide and
two bays deep and has wood shingle cladding. The home’s vinyl windows are six over six sash, but the windows has retained
their original flat stock surrounds. There is a single window in the front gable field. The simple front entry has a glass and panel
door and no porch cover. On the northern elevation of the home, there is a one story side wing with a hipped roof that extends
across the full-width of this elevation. A screened porch comprised the frontward portion of the side wing. Also on this elevation is
a through-cornice dormer with a shed roof and two small windows. On the eastern elevation of the home is a one story rear ell
that also includes a screened porch. There is a small cinder block chimney on the rear elevation of the home as well. The house
has brick foundation.
The house at 196 South Street is one of the two homes that are two-and-a-half stories in height with front gable slate roofs. This
home is three bays wide and three bays deep and is vinyl sided. All the windows have been replaced with one over one sashes.
On the northern elevation, there is an Italianate bay. Along the ridge of the roof, there is a deteriorating brick chimney. To the
rear, there is a one-story rear ell.
The house at 3 Fort Street is also one-and-one half stories tall and two bays wide and two bays deep. This home has vinyl
siding, an asphalt roof, and a brick foundation. Windows on this home have been altered to large and small single pane squares.
The home’s gabled front entry is supported by braces. There is a brick chimney on the rear eastern elevation of the home.
The house at 5 Fort Street is one-and-one half stories tall with a slate front gable roof. The home is two bays wide and two bays
deep and has asbestos siding. The home’s vinyl windows are one over one sash, but the windows has retained their original flat
stock surrounds. The front façade features paired windows on the ground floor and gable field. A small brick chimney is located
at the center of the roof along the ridgeline. The home’s front entry is located on the eastern elevation of the home, and consists
of a very small portico with front gable roof. There is a one story rear ell on the southern elevation.
The house at 11 Fort Street is one-and-one half stories tall and two bays wide and two bays deep. This home has vinyl siding,
an asphalt roof, and a brick foundation. The home’s original windows are present behind vinyl storm windows. The front façade
features a full-width enclosed porch with a very low-pitched roof.
The house at 13 Fort Street is one-and-one half stories tall and two bays wide and two bays deep. This home has clapboard
siding, a slate roof, and a brick foundation. The home’s original windows are present behind vinyl storm windows. The front
façade features a full-width screened porch with a low-pitched roof. There is a two story addition being added to the rear,
southern elevation of the home. This property also includes a small front gable garage.
The house at 15 Fort Street is one of the two homes that are two-and-a-half stories in height with front gable slate roofs. This
home is three bays wide and three bays deep and is clapboard sided. At the center of the front façade, is a enclosed entry portico
with pedimented roof. This house has retained its original two over two sash windows. There is a center chimney along the ridge
of the roof.
The house at 17 Fort Street is also one-and-one-half stories tall with a slate front gable roof and clapboard siding. The house
has a brick center chimney along the ridge of the roof. An enclosed porch extends across the width of the front façade and the
one-and-one-half story rear ell also has a screened porch on the eastern elevation of the home. The one-and-one-half story rear
ell is followed by a one-story addition. This house has retained its original two over two sash windows.
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HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Explain historical development of the area. Discuss how this relates to the historical development of the community.
From Form B of 1980: “During the middle of the 19th century, land at the southwest corner of South and Fort Streets was owned
by Martin and Edwin Clapp, farmers who lived at 202 and 206 South Street. At that time, Fort Street was called Meadow Road
and led through the Manhan Meadows to Old Springfield Road. During the early 1860’s, Horace Lamb, owner of a wire
manufactory plant on the Mill River, bought the land and had his house built here. About 1870, High Street (now Lyman Road)
was opened off of South Street and Mr. Lamb had his residence moved there. Subsequently, he divided the land at the corner of
South and Fort Streets into small building lots. By 1873, these eight cottages had been constructed.”
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.
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 269-P. 360
11 Fort Street 13 Fort Street
5 Fort Street 3 Fort Street
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15 Fort Street 17 Fort Street
196 South Street