206 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-197 Easthampton NTH.1064
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 206 South Street
Historic Name: Martin Clapp House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: c. 1860
Source: Maps and visual evidence
Style/Form: Gothic Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Asbestos shakes (circa 1970s)
Clapboard siding (circa 2000s)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.257 acre
Setting: House sits 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] [206 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1064
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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 Gothic Revival style home with front gable roof and multiple wall gables on northern and southern
elevations. First floor windows have drip edge surrounds while second story windows have flat stock surrounds that extends
upwards to form fanciful peaks. This window ornamentation was placed on the home at some point after 1980 as they are not
show on Form B of 1980. The home was indeed renovated some time after 1980. Additional research on this home needs to
occur to determine if these were the window’s original ornamentation. One of the other important renovations that occurred was
the removal of the asbestos shake siding and the return to its original clapboard siding. The original six over six sash windows
have been retained. Form B from 1980 states that the side porch on the northern elevation was added and sided in the mid 20th
century. On the southern elevation of the home, there is a second story blind window and first story bay window. There is a brick
chimney on the center ridge of the roof of the main block of the house. There is a two story rear ell with back porch and barn in
connected-farm plan.
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 1979 & 1980: “This house is almost identical to the one next north to it on South Street, although this one was
originally built of wood and the other one out of brick. They originally were the homestead of two brothers, Martin and Edwin
Clapp, who were farmers and owned and cultivated large tracts of the best meadowland. In addition, they bought and sold
horses and established a large horse market.”
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.