Conz Street 26.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32C-96 Easthampton NTH.2139 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 26 Conz Street Historic
Name: Seth Strong House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1828-1829 Source: Northampton Gazette Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Circa 1920 detached one-bay garage Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl windows
(post 1974) Chimney removed (post 1974) Front entry altered (post 1974) Condition: Good Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.318 acres Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a
major local and regional thoroughfare. Lot is narrow but very deep with trees and shrubbery. House among former single family homes that have been converted into multi unit housing or
for commercial use.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [26 CONZ STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2139 ___ 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 an early Federal style brick home of one-and-one-half stories under a side-gabled roof.
It is a half-Cape that is three bays wide and three bays deep. The clipped gables denoted that this home is an early Federal style home rather than a later Federal Style home. The front
entry’s original splayed stone lintel has been partially covered over by a suspended pediment supported supported by decorative wooden brackets. This alteration occurred sometime after
1974. Windows exhibit the splayed stone lintels. Windows have replacement two over two sashes and vinyl casings. The house originally had two brick end chimneys but these were removed
at some point after 1974. There is a one-story ell on northwest elevation of the home. 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 1974: “This small brick cottage was probably built by Seth
Strong. S. Strong obtained ¾ acres on the ‘north side of the way leading from South Street into the Common Field’ in 1819. This became his homestead and Strong lived here until 1828,
when he sold this house and ¼ acre to Dexter Clark. The use of the premises was reserved until the first of November, at which time Strong’s Round House was presumably finished. A master
mason, veteran of the War of 1812, representative of his district in the Legislature and a man of influence in his day, Seth Strong also built the old First Church, the first Edwards
Church, the old Mansion House, and other houses in Northampton. Dexter Clark was also a mason, working with Seth Strong on many contracts. The house remained in the Clark family for
almost a 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. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 59-P. 414