235 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): April 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-72 Easthampton NTH.1002
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 235 South Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Schoolhouse
Date of Construction: mid 19th century
Source: maps and visual evidence
Style/Form: No style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick & vinyl
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl siding (post 1980)
Front portico altered (post 1980)
Windows replaced (post 1980)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.113 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] [235 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1002
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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 story former school house with side gable roof that was converted into a residence with the addition of a second
story around 1884. The house is five bays wide and two bays deep. The first story has brick cladding while the second story has
vinyl cladding. At the center of the front façade is a portico with shed roof. This portico is not original to the home and was put on
some time after 1980, replacing a gabled portico with paired square posts. Windows on the first story are mostly one over one
replacement sash while the upper windows are mostly two over two sash. There are two brick chimneys along the ridge of the
slate roof.
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 structure originally was a one-story brick schoolhouse for the town of Northampton. Solomon Clark,
in his review of Northampton homesteads, states that Nathaniel Edwards, who was born in 1729, taught one of the earliest
schools on South Street. This became a family tradition and his son, grandson, and great-granddaughter all taught school on
this site. The one-story brick schoolhouse was probably built early in the 19th century. In 1890, a larger and more modern
school was built farther east on South Street and this building was no longer needed. Alfred Wade, who lived at 237 South
Street, purchased the lot and building for $545 in 1884 and had the second floor added to create a leasable residence.”
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.