Center Street 43.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-270 Easthampton NTH.715 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 43 Center Street Historic Name: B.
P. O. E. Hall Uses: Present: Offices and shelter Original: hall and offices Date of Construction: 1913 Source: Springfield Daily Republican Style/Form: Classical Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick and concrete Wall/Trim: stucco and clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ell added
ca. 1990; colonnade glassed in ca. 2005 and transom gables glazed ca. 2005. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.257 acres Setting: The building is in a neighborhood
of converted residences, commercial and institutional buildings.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [43 Center Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.715 ___ 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 B.P.O.E. Hall is a three-and-a-half story building with a front-gable roof. There are transverse
gable bays on both the east and west elevations of the building and an ell at the rear of the building for a Latin cross plan. The building is Classical Revival in style and has a temple
front with four colossal Doric columns supporting an entablature with attic windows in its frieze and a full pediment. The two-level porch created by the columns in antis has been enclosed
in glass. The remaining porch railings are Chippendale in pattern. The building is stucco-covered and windows are 6/1 in square frames on the first story and then on the second story
on the lateral elevations windows are Colonial Revival in style with fanlight filled arches. A clock is located in the main pediment. The scale of this building goes beyond any other
on the street and together with the choice of its style aimed to convey the strength of its owning organization. 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 Elks Home was
constructed in 1913-1914 at a cost of $40,000. It was built on the site of the former Methodist Episcopal Church and since it is located at the foot of Masonic Street has a long line
of sight to Main Street.” 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. Atlas of 1914 Springfield Daily Republican, December 29, 1913,
and December 28, 1914.