289 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-58 Easthampton NTH.2196
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 289 South Street
Historic Name: Joseph Grife House
Uses: Present: Single family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1928
Source: Building Permit
Style/Form: Craftsman/Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard and shingle
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.166 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] [289 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2196
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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 bungalow with a jerkin head roof. This house exhibits features from the Shingle, Colonial
Revival, and Craftsman styles and therefore is transitional in style. The gambrel roof form with its almost full-width shed roof
dormer on the frontward slope of the roof is a Colonial Revival feature. Another Colonial Revival feature is the three-part window
on the northern elevation. The Craftsman style appears with the use of battered brick piers for the porch supports. The house
originally had more Craftsman features such as exposed rafters and a front porch, but the home was altered after 1980 and the
eaves were boxed and the porch was enclosed. so the Craftsman features was altered after 1980 and prior to this Prior to 1980,
the house had The main Shingle style feature is the shingle cladding on the half-story and front dormer. The house has two brick
chimneys one of which goes through the cornice on the southern elevation. Windows on the home are six over one and four
over one sash and are partially hidden beneath metal storm windows. The house has a secondary entry on the northern
elevation.
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 one-and-a-half story bungalow was built during 1927 for Joseph Grife at a cost of $7000. The
directory lists Joseph Grife, owners of Grife’s Department Store on Main Street and Oscar Grife, a lawyer, as both living here.”
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.