279 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-60 Easthampton NTH.2198
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 279 South Street
Historic Name: Arthur Noble House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1870
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: No style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Unknown
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
One bay garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.415 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] [279 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2198
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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 house with front gable roof. This is a modest and straightforward house that is three bays wide and
two bays deep. Form B of 1980 notes that the current window in the gable field is a “modern” window but does not identify the
style of the original window. A hipped roof porch extends across the full width of the front façade. The porch has a solid
balustrade and square posts. Windows on the house are six over six replacement sash with flat stock surrounds. On the ridge of
the roof, at its center, is a small brick chimney. There is one-and-one-half story rear ell with deeply sloped roof to the first story
on the southern elevation. The property includes a one-bay gabled garage.
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: “In 1873, Arthur Noble bought this house and lot from Linus Noble for $2000. The 1868 directory lists
Arthur as boarding with Linus Noble on South Street. From this it would seem the house was built between 1868 and 1873,
however this house may have been moved from Linus Noble’s lot for the building of a double tenement house about this time.”
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. 304-P. 311