270 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-284 Easthampton NTH.1076
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 270 South Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: early 19th century
Source: visual evidence
Style/Form: Raised Cape
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Two story porch added (circa 1950)
Vinyl siding (post 1980)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.228 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] [270 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1076
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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 one-and-one-half story raised Cape with side gabled roof. This home has been dramatically altered with the addition of
an enclosed room above the front porch, gabled dormers, and vinyl siding. The front portico has turned posts that are
characteristic of the Queen Anne style but has a wide trabeated front door that is characteristic of the Greek Revival style. The
trabeated surround at the front entry encloses four light sidelights. On the ridge of the roof are two brick chimneys
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: “The house has been sided and remodeled but appears to date from the early 19th century. The 1854
map shows the house, and its owner is Allanson Clark. Two branches of the Clark family settled on the north side of South
Street in 1704 and 1705, one almost directly across the street. This house as probably originally built for a member of the Clark
family.”
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.