85 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
31D-197 Easthampton NTH.1198
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 85 South Street
Historic Name: Edward Copeland House
Uses: Present: Single family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1892-1894
Source: Registry of Deeds and Directory
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl, wood shingles
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl siding (mid 20th century)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.255 acres
Setting: House located at the busy intersection of Old
South and South Streets. 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 ] [85 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1198
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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 Queen Anne style home with slate pyramidal roof from which projects additional gables. This
house typifies the transition that occurred within the Queen Anne style at the end of the 19th century as the style moved away
from spindlework toward more classical detailing, which parallels the emergence of the Colonial Revival style. The house is clad
with vinyl siding on the first story and wood shingle on the second story. Characteristic of the Queen Anne style, this home has
multiple projections extending from its basic rectilinear shape. The front of the house features a three story bay topped by a tall
curved roof. A stacked porch extends across the full width of the front façade and wraps around to the southern elevation. The
hipped roof porch has fluted columns, solid frieze, balustrade with turned balusters, and latticed apron. A pedimented gable
marks the front entry above which is a hipped roof porch with matching fluted columns, frieze and balustrade. On the right side
of the glass and paneled front door is a large multicolored stained glass window. Another prominent feature on the front of the
home is the projecting front gable on the northern side of the front façade. The gable field is ornamented by wavy clapboard
siding and within the gable field is a very shallow two bay oriel with shallow gable. On the southern elevation of the home is a
two-story bay with chamfered corners capped by a jettied gable roof. On the northern elevation, there is a shallow two story wing
topped by a gable and a shallow one story wing with flat roof. Extending from the western elevation of the home is a two story
rear ell with a hipped roof. The houses window’s are in varying sizes, Most original windows have been replaced with vinyl and
are one over one sash. The house has a brick foundation. There is one brick chimney on the southern slope of the roof on the
rear ell.
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 1892, Edward Copeland bought a parcel of land at the northwest corner of South and School Streets.
Until the previous year, when a new school was built, this had been the site of a city school. As a matter of fact, both corners of
South and School Streets had had schools, apparently both very small. Mr. Copeland was the owner of ‘Copeland’s Bazar,
Emporium of Fashion’ on Main Street, which featured ‘stamping in every Variety, Satins Sateens, Fringes, Germantowns,
Flosses, Corsets, Gloves, Ties, Scarfs, Laces, Fans, Baskets, and an unlimited assortment of Fancy Goods and Notions.”
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. 454-P. 141 and 167