250 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-272 Easthampton NTH.1075
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 250 South Street
Historic Name: Perry Brown House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Sing-family residence
Date of Construction: 1911
Source: Springfield Daily Republican
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Two story carriage house
Major Alterations (with dates):
Asbestos sided added mid 20th century and removed after
1980
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.159 acre
Setting: House sits on a corner lot 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] [250 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1075
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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 Colonial Revival style house with pyramidal roof and pyramidal dormers. This house exhibits
classical features such as fluted corner pilasters, frieze beneath the overhanging roof eaves, pedimented front porch gable, and
fluted square porch pillars. At the same time, this house also exhibits whimsical elements such as the decorative brackets at the
eaves and floral design within the front porch tympanum. Additional Colonial Revival features include the paired and triple
windows with architrave surrounds as well as a picture window with leaded transom. The house has a brick foundation and the
front porch has a solid brick base. On the northern elevation of the house is a through-cornice chimney and bay window. On the
eastern elevation of the house, there is a back porch with features matching the front porch. The property includes a two-story
carriage barn with fluted pilasters.
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 for Perry Brown in 1911 at a cost of $8000. Mr. Brown was an agent from Boston
and Springfield Dispatch Express Co. and later became postmaster.”
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. 644-P. 390 and 391