Bright Street 27.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 31B-92 Easthampton NTH.616 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 27 Bright Street Historic Name: John
P. and Mary McGrath House Uses: Present: single-family house Original: single-family house Date of Construction: 1881-1885 Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette 1/23/1883; 5/15/83; 6/17/84
Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: metal Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: good-fair Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.26 acres Setting: This is a south-facing house on a residential street whose houses are all in alignment.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [27 BRIGHT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.616 __x_ 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. 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 1980 form: “Parker R. Whitcomb purchased a large tract of land
known as the Bright Estate from Dr. Blodgett about 1881. Whitcomb proceeded to erect a number of cottages on the property after having opened “Bright Street” through the center of the
tract. By January 1883, Whitcomb had erected several cottages and planned to build others; in June, 1884, a total of nine cottages had been built along the new street. Whitcomb retained
the properties until just after the turn of the century; in 1904 he sold #27, known as lot #5 in his plan (Book 551, page 131) to Mary C. McGrath.” John P. and Mary McGrath were not
the first residents of the house, as it had been rented from 1884 to 1904 when Whitcomb sold it to the McGraths and their three children. John had his own plumbing business and worked
with his son, John, Jr. who also lived at this house. John, Sr. was a Northampton sewer commissioner in 1912. The McGraths were in the house through 1920, and after John’s death, Mary
remained here as late as 1937. 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. Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 23, 1883; May 15, 1883;
June 17, 1884; December 8, 1885. Registry of Deeds, Hampshire County, book 551, page 131; book 575, page 117.