316 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
38C-29 Easthampton NTH.1078
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 316 South Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1915-1920
Source: Registry of Deeds, 683.80
Style/Form: Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Unknown
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl siding & boxed eaves (post 1975)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.2 acres
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 ] [320 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1078
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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 story bungalow that has been extensively altered since the house was first inventories in 1975 and for this reason
most of its original historic features are no longer present. The low-pitched hipped roof used to have exposed rafters but these
were boxed at some after 1975. The homes historic wood shingle cladding has also been lost to vinyl siding. The house still
retains its basic bungalow form with its wrapping porch enclosed beneath the slope of the main roof and center hipped roof
dormer. The house has two brick chimneys, one of which is an exterior wall chimney on the northern slope of the roof. Windows
on the house have replacement sashes except the dormer windows.
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 1975: “The twentieth century bungalow represents the development of the southerly end of South Street at the
turn of the century. The parcel on which it was built was carved from a large tract in 1899 following the insolvency of the Day
family which owned the Federal/Greek Revival residence located between present day Hampden and Charles Streets.
Hampden, Charles, and Cedar Streets were created by the subdivision of 1899. The parcel on which the bungalow stands
changed hands several times but was not built until after 1912, when William Brownell sold ‘lot #20’ to Albia Paquette. The
residence is clearly the product of the automobile era: the sole outbuilding, located close to the rear of the dwelling, is a garage
similar in style to the bungalow.”
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, Hampshire County, 1557.69, 1261.152, 683.80, 526.50