91 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): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
31D-198 Easthampton NTH.2001
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 91 South Street
Historic Name: Charles Whiting House
Uses: Present: Six unit residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: circa 1900
Source: Atlas and Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Brick & wood shingles
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
-Renovated into a six unit residence before1980 which
resulted in additional porches served by fire escapes.
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.15 acres
Setting: This corner lot home sits close to the road along
busy State Route 10. Property surrounded by stately
homes, many of which have been converted into multi-unit
condominiums or rental buildings.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [91 SOUTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.2001
_X__ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
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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 Colonial Revival style home with truncated hipped roof with hipped dormers and bracketed cornice.
This large square shaped home has brick cladding on the first story and wood shingle cladding on the second story. The house
has two entry porches. The brick entry porch on the South Street elevation is enclosed. Above this is an enclosed stacked porch.
This house was converted into a six unit residence before1980 which resulted in the addition of the metal fire escape on the
South Street side of the home. The second entry porch is on the School Street side. This hipped roof entry porch has a wide
frieze, square columns, and square balusters. Above this entry porch is a Palladian style window with keystone. The house has
a cast stone watertable as well as cast stone lintels and sills on the first story. All windows have replacement one over one sash
but they have retained their original surrounds. Windows on the South Street elevation are in pairs while the windows on the
School Street elevation are in singles or triples. The hipped dormers have a band of windows separated by Colonial Revival
style pilasters.
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 large house was probably built by Charles Whiting shortly after he acquired this lot from the estate
of Jonathan Wells in 1899. Mr. Whiting was a partner with J.L. Mather in a carpentry and masonry firm.”
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 862-P. 113, 527-318
Northampton Directory 1900