283 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-59 Easthampton NTH.2197
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 283 South Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1750
Source: visual evidence
Style/Form: Georgian
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Attached one-bay garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.591 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] [283 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2197
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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 Georgian style house with side gable roof. The house is five bays wide and one bay deep with a
salt box style rear ell. The house has been covered with vinyl siding which has hidden many of its original features. At the center
of the façade is a shallow portico that has been partially enclosed. Windows on the house are six over six sash and are partially
hidden behind metal storm windows. The property includes an attached one-bay modern 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 1976: “The first Nathaniel Clark settled on South Street in 1705, the year of his marriage to Hannah Sheldon.
He was the brother of Deacon John Clark who had settled on the street the year before. There were five generations of Clark
family, all with the first name Nathaniel, who lived on this homestead. The house finally passed from the Nathaniel Clark line in
the late 19th century.
The first Nathaniel Clark lived on the homestead until his death in 1767. His son, Lieutenant Nathaniel, lived there from
his birth in 1706 until his death in 1773. He was a selectman of the town in 1751 and from 1761 to 1764.”
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.