Conz Street 41.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-115 Easthampton NTH.2142 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 41 Conz Street Historic
Name: Samuel Clark House Uses: Present: Two unit residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1828-1831 Source: Registry of Deeds and Maps Style/Form: Late Greek
Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown/Cement-covered Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): -Replacement
siding & windows, 2008 -Altered front porch, 2008 -Replacement window in front gable, 2008 -Cement covered foundations, 2000s Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.36
acres Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a major local and regional thoroughfare. Lot has a few trees and shrubs. House among other former single family homes that have
been converted into multi unit housing or commercial use.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [41 CONZ STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2142 ___ 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 a two-and-a-half story late Greek Revival home with pedimented front gable. The house is
three bays wide and three bays deep with side hall front entry. The house has lost most of its distinguishing stylistic features. The tympanum has lost its arched window to a circular
window. The front entry originally had a trabeated surround with full length sidelights but the cornice has been covered over by a portico with arched roof, unadorned wooden posts, and
metal balustrade. There is a brick chimney along the ridgeline of the home. The small windows, a feature of the Greek Revival style, have replacement one over one sashes. A three-sided
bay extends off the southeastern elevation of the home and was likely built in the mid 1800s.The house has a two-story rear ell with double height enclosed porch off the southeastern
elevation of the home as well as a secondary entrance located on this side. On the northwest elevation is a shallow wing that is one bay wide and two bays deep. 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 1980: “In 1828 Samuel Clark bought a third of an acre from Justice Parsons for $200. The house seems to appear on the 1831 town map. During the 1840's and early 1850's
the house was owned by Nathan and Henry Dikeman. Afterwards the property passed to the hands of Henry S. Gere, proprietor of the Hampshire Gazette. Mr. Gere lived here until the late
1880s when he moved into a large, newly constructed home on High St. (now Lyman Road). His Conz Street house passed to his son Collins H. Gere.” Property owned by a member of the Bart
family at least since 1980. 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. 1831 Town Map. 1854 County Map Registry of Deeds: Bk.
166-P. 488, 155-208, 89-449, 59-658. Hampshire Gazette, May 19, 1868.