294 & 296 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
38D-2 Easthampton NTH.1080
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 294 & 296 South Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: Pre-1750
Source: visual evidence
Style/Form: First Period / Georgian
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Cement covered
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Front porch added (20th century)
Vinyl siding added (post 1980)
Chimney altered and removed (Unknown & post 1980)
Windows replaced (20th century)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.122 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] [294 & 296 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1080
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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-story side gabled home that it is three bays wide and one bay deep. This house exhibits features of First Period
construction although it was mostly likely constructed during the Georgian Period. First Period residences typically had a
garrison overhang between the first and second stories (and sometimes between the second and attic stories), steeply pitched
gable-end roofs with little to no eaves, and large central chimneys that were often in clustered shapes. This house has these
features minus the large central chimney. Form B from 1976 showed that the house had a chimney at its center but it would
have been too small to still be considered a large central chimney. Form B notes that the chimney that existed in the late 1970s
was not the original. This house also has very small windows that sit close to the roof eaves, which was also a feature of very
early homes. Current windows have one over one replacement sash. It is unknown if the foundation is fieldstone or brick
because it is covered by cement. The enclosed porch was added during the early to mid twentieth century according to Form B
from 1976. At the rear, the roof slope continues to include a one-room deep “lean-to”.
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: “This dwelling is located on South Street in the vicinity of three similar colonial structures.”
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.