Bridge Street 127.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220MORRISSEY 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 32A-242 Easthampton NTH.2120 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 127 Bridge Street Historic Name:
Uses: Present: single-family house Original: single-family house Date of Construction: 1914 Source: Directories Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation:
brick Wall/Trim: shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.523
acres Setting: West-facing house is set back slightly from the street and is landscaped with a a traditional scheme of foundation hedges and tree-shaded lawn.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [127 BRIDGE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2120 ___ 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 one of the best-preserved Craftsman style bungalows in Northampton. It is one-and-a-half
stories in height under a hipped roof with a centered front dormer. The house is three bays wide and three bays deep and is shaded by deep eaves with exposed rafters in Craftsman style,
which aimed for honest and evident craftsmanship. The house is made with local materials: wood shingles, brick foundations and is set low and close to the earth. All the trim is battered,
that is to say it is broader at the base than at the top, which is a design feature borrowed from Asian architecture, one of the influences on the Craftsman style. The roof eaves extend
on the west to create a porch that is supported on battered posts that rest on brick plinths and are connected by a square railing. The center door surround is battered and has a paneled
door with a 15 light upper half. Flanking the center entrance are two battered three-part window compositions. On the north is a composition with a center window of one light and a 16-light
transom between two windows with 12/1 lights. On the south is a composition window with three 16/1 windows in a bay shape. There is a through-eaves exterior wall chimney on the north
elevation. A Craftsman style garage is an important part of this property. It has battered bays under its hipped roof. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain
its its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. This early twentieth century bungalow
style residence was built on a parcel of land located between the 19th c. Parsons’ and Seth Hunt residences. Bonnie: Do directories on this. 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [127 BRIDGE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.2120 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential
historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria
that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. This house would contribute to a potential Pomeroy Terrace historic district that developed south and east of the Bridge
Street Cemetery from the second third of the 19th century as Northampton’s finest residential district. Original residents here were merchants, retired farmers, lawyers, and other professions.
As the century progressed the adjacent streets were laid out for the growing middle class with railroad personnel joining clerks, teachers, and others, and lots were divided to allow
new construction into the 20th century.. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the fine examples of the 19th century architectural styles from the Greek
and Gothic Revivals, Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. The district includes significant examples of the work of Northampton architect William Fenno Pratt. The district
includes several early 20th century buildings that meet the standards established in the 19th century for architecture, including this fine Craftsman bungalow. This potential historic
district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.