Bridge Street 188.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 25C-158 Easthampton NTH.395 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 188 Bridge Street Historic Name: Lyman
Clark House Uses: Present: two-family residence Original: single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1830 Source: map of 1830 Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: clapboards, flushboard Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Attic window added, ca. 1850 Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.275 acres Setting: Set on a large corner lot, this house is shaded by maple and pine trees.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [188 BRIDGE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.395 ___ 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. The Lyman Clark House is a good example of the Greek Revival style as it developed in Northampton
between 1820 and 1830. It is a two-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof whose eaves make full returns to create a temple-like pediment. The tympanum of the pediment is flushboarded
to suggest stone. A later Gothic window was inserted in the tympanum. The house is three, widely spaced bays wide and the equivalent of five bays long for a rectangular plan. One-and-a-half
and one-story ells on the rear add to the complexity of the plan. The side hall entry has a wide trabeated surround with pilasters supporting a full entablature and enclosing half-length
sidelights. Windows in the house have architrave surrounds and sash is 6/6. There is a large center chimney centered on the roof ridge. 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 the Form B of 1980,
“The north side of Bridge Street was originally lined with homesteads extending northerly to North Street. During the latter part of the 19th century these began to be subdivided for
residential lots. This lot occupies part of the Bridge Street frontage of the Clark family homestead. It’s difficult to pin down exactly which Clark, as the 1860-61 directory lists 64
Clarks in Northampton, and 14 are on Bridge Street. However, in 1868 Isaac Clark, a farmer, lived here and in 1895 Sidney Clark, a surgeon and physician was listed here. Dr. Clark lived
here at least until 1930.” The current owner traced the house to Lyman Clark as its first owner and reports that there was a building on this site as early as 1797, but this would require
further research to verify which part of the house, if any, could date to the 18th century. 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. Northampton
Directories of 1885-86; 1873-74; 1868-69; 1860-61, 1930. Hampshire County Registry of Deeds, Book 1520, Page 539, Book 1102, Page 26, Book 1102, Page 24, Book 1021, 57, Book 933, Page
146, Book 611, Page 81, Hampshire County Family and Probate Court, Registry of Probate, Wills, Volume 81, Page 73.