24D-171 43 Finn nth_337
Inventory No:NTH.337
Historic Name:Dignon, Ellen - Boudway, Joseph House
Common Name:
Address:43 Finn St
City/Town:Northampton
Village/Neighborhood:Northampton
Local No:24D-202-001
Year Constructed:c 1884
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):Queen Anne
Use(s):Multiple Family Dwelling House
Significance:Architecture
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Asbestos Shingle; Wood
Foundation: Brick
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FORM B BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Photograph
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
24D-202 Easthampton NTH.337
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 43 Finn Street
Historic Name: Dignon-Boudway House
Uses: Present: Three-family residence
Original: Two-family house
Date of Construction: 1884-1885
Source: Registry of Deeds & Directory
Style/Form: Stick Style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Sided, some windows replaced, ca. 1960 and 1990.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.309 acres
Setting: This is a residential neighborhood on the edge of
a commercial district and has heavy traffic on Finn Street.
RECEIVED
AUG 19 2011
MASS. HIST. COMM.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [43 FINN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.337
___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets.
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 house with a front-gable roof. The main block of the house is three bays wide and the equivalent of
four bays deep and there are two rear ells both two-and-a-half stories but lower in height. It is a modest house stylistically with a
full-width porch on the south façade with posts connected by arched braces and respondent pilasters on the façade. There is a
variation of a King Post truss in the front gable giving the building its Stick Style identity. The asbestos siding possibly covers
additional features of the Stick Style.
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 1884, Hammond and Sullivan, two prominent, local real estate developers, filed a subdivision plan for
Warfield Place and the north side of Spring Street (now Finn Street). Later that year, they sold lots no. 9 and 10 to Ellen Dignon
for $800. The house was built soon thereafter as the 1885-86 Directory lists Joseph Boudway, co-owner of a Main Street
grocery and fish market, as living here. Mrs. Dignon, widow of Thomas, also lived 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.
FORM B - BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north.
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Dignon-Boudway House
ent use residence
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ription:
Donald and Anne Ouimette
1884-85
puree Reg. of Deeds and Directory
Architect
Exterior wall fabric asbestos sidinj
Outbuildings (describe)
Other features
Altered
Moved
sided Date
Date
mid 20th c
5. Lot size:
One acre or less Over one acre
Approximate frontage
Approximate distance of building from street
6. Recorded by E. Lonergan
Organization NHC
Date May 1980
37M-7-77
(over)
Ellen Dignon ._____> •—
residence
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates__ ,
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural _____ Education Religion
Architectural x Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce ZZZZ Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
In 1884 Hammond and Sullivan, two prominent, local real estate
developers, filed a subdivision plan for Warfield Place and the north side
of Spring St. (now Finn St.). Later that year they sold lots no. 9 and 10
to Ellen Dignon for $800. The house was built soon thereafter as the
1885-86 Directory lists Joseph Boudway, co-owner of a Main St. grocery
and fish market, as living here. Mrs. Dignon, the widow of Thomas, also
lived here.
The house is two-and-a-half stories in height with gable end
to the street and a twe-and-a-half story gabled projection on the western
side. The gables are trimmed with collar braces, king post and pendant,
and collar tie, while the one-story front porch has a hipped roof, chamfered
posts and balustrade. The openings between the posts are arched with
cut-away spandrels, while the balustrade has arched patterns with solid
spandrels.
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
1884 and 1895 Atlases.
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 606-P. 313, 393-350, 384-310.